Question

I don't understand this

1. This equation shows how the total number of appetizer recipes Carly knows depends on the number of weeks she attends culinary school. a = 2w. The variable w represents the number of weeks she has attended culinary school, and the variable a represents the total number of appetizer recipes she knows. After how many weeks of culinary school will Carly know a total of 8 appetizer recipes? *

Answer 1

16 weeks

Explanation:

Set up a proportion with the equation.

a = 2w

8

2 x 8= 16 then 16/1=16

so she was at school for 16 weeks.