Question

There are 8 grams of sugar in 1 portion of a certain cereal. How is the amount of sugar

related to the number of portions of cereal?

Answer 1

y = 8x

Explanation:

The amount of sugar in grams is 8 times the number of portions.

For example, 1 portion has 8 grams of sugar.

Two portions have 16 grams of sugar.

If you let y = number of grams of sugar and x = number of portions, then

y = 8x