Question

priscilla and ursula went fishing. Priscilla brough a full box of 32 worms and used one worm every minute. Ursula brough a box with five worms and decided to dig for more before she began fishing. Ursula dug up two worms per minute. Graph the data for each person to find out at what minute they will have the same amount of worms. How many worms will they both have at this point SHOW WORK

Answer 1

• 23 worms after 9 minutes

Explanation:

Set up equations for each and solve graphically.

Priscilla brought a full box of 32 worms and used one worm every minute:

• y = 32 - x

Ursula brought a box with five worms and dug up two worms per minute:

• y = 5 + 2x

Algebraic solution:

• 32 - x = 5 + 2x
• 2x + x = 32 - 5
• 3x = 27
• x = 9

• y = 32 - 9 = 23

Solution is (9, 23)