Question

Nicholas has some cans at home to donate to the soup kitchen, but decides to start a can drive at his school to see if others will help. The equation representing this is y = 235x + 15, where x is the number of days, and y is the number of cans collected. Which statements are true based on the equation given. Select all that apply. Nicholas had 235 cans at home. The school collected 235 cans a day. Nicholas had 15 cans at home. The school collected 15 cans daily.

Answer 1

• The school collected 235 cans a day
• Nicholas had 15 cans at home

Explanation:

Looking at the equation:

`y=235x+15`

• 15 is a constant, meaning that even at x=0 days, nicholas would have had 15 cans, meaning he already had them at home
• 235 is the number that the variable(the number of days) is multiplied with, this means that 235 is the number of cans that can be collected daily.