Question

A mixture of nuts contains 1 cup of walnuts for every 3 cups of peanuts write a linear equation that represents the relationships between penuts,x, and walnuts,y,

Answer 1

y=3x

Explanation:

A mixture of nuts contains 1 cup of walnuts for every 3 cups of peanuts.

Let the number of cups of peanuts=x

Let the number of cups of Walnuts=y

For every 1 cup of walnut, there are 3 cups of peanuts.

For every 2 cup of walnut, there are 3(2) cups of peanuts.

Therefore, For every x cup of walnut, there are 3x cups of peanuts.

The linear equation that represents the relationship between y and x is therefore given as:

y=3x