Qasim bought a bag containing 75 small candies. He starts eating the candies at a rate of 2 candies per minute. Answer the questions below regarding the relationship between the number of minutes eating and the number of candies left in the bag.
The independent variable, x, represents the number of minutes eating, and the dependent variable is the number of candies left in the bag, because the
-number of candies left in the bag
-number of minutes eating
depends on the
-number of minutes eating
-number of candies left in the bag
A function relating these variables is B(x)= blank*.
So B(8)= blank*, meaning
-after eating candies for 8 minutes there would be
-8 candies would be left after
blank*
-candies left in the bag
-minutes of eating
.
B(x) = 75 - 2x
So, B(8) = 75 - 2(8) = 75 - 16 = 59
Therefore, after eating candies for 8 minutes, there would be 59 candies left in the bag.