Question

Miss Guydan and her friend Alyssa are collecting food for the local food bank. Their goal is to collect 2100 pounds of food. They start with 400 pounds of food donated by a local grocery store. Their goal is to collect 25 pounds of food per day. Write an equation that represent this situation. Define your variables.

Answer 1

Answer: Required equation: 400+25x = 2100

Variable: x = Number of days to donate 2100 pounds.

Explanation:

Let x = Number of days.

y = Total pounds of food donated in x days.

Given: Initial amount of food = 400 pounds

Pounds of food donated per day = 25

Total food = Initial amount of food + (Pounds of food donated per day ) (Number of days)

y = 400+25x

Their goal is to collect 2100 pounds.

2100 = 400+25x [Substitute y= 2100]

Required equation: 400+25x = 2100

Variable: x = Number of days.