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2. Mohammed and his four friends begin a long hike with 225 pounds of food. They plan to eat

a total of 12 pounds of food per day.

a. Define the variables and write an equation to show how the amount of food remaining is

related to the number of days they have been on the hike.

b. What is the y-intercept and what does it mean in this situation?

c. What is the slope and what does it mean in this situation?

d. Use the equation to determine when the hikers will run out of food.

3. The owner of a candy store decides to make a mixture of nuts to sell. He uses peanuts and

cashews. He would like the mixture to weigh five pounds and needs to know what possible

combinations he can use.

a. Let x represent the weight of the peanuts and y represent the weight of the cashews.

Make a table showing possible combinations of nuts.

Activity 4.5.5

CT Algebra I Model Curriculum Version 3.0

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