Question

Sam uses text messaging to communicate. The table below represents a proportional relationship between the number of words Sam texts, y, and the time, in minutes, he spends texting, x.

The equation that represents the table is y =
x.

If Sam can text 360 words in 6 minutes, the new equation that would represent this relationship is y =
x.

Answer 1

Answer: 56 and 60.

Explanation:

First find the number of texts per minute. 112 divided by 2 is 56. So Sam texts 56 words per minute. Since y = (blank)x, you can plug in the values which get you 56=(blank) times 1. 56 divided by 1 is 56. So for the first question, the answer is 56.

For the second question, you can do the same process and divide 360 by 6. This gets you 60 words per minute. Same equation as the previous question, so just plug in the numbers and you get y=60x.