Question

Mason has already eaten 6 hot dogs in a hot dog eating contest. He continues to eat 7 hot dogs every minute. Write an equation in the form y = mx + b to represent this situation.

Answer 1

y = 7x + 6

Explanation:

Okay, the problem says he eats 7 hot dogs every minute, so that will be your m. He has already eaten 6 hot dogs so that will be your b. Your equation will be y = 7x + 6.

Any time you see any words like "per" or "every" followed by an amount of something else, like minutes or hours. That will usually always be the term accompanied by the variable.