Question
Nicholas started a canned-food drive at school. The equation representing this is y = 235x + 15, where x is the number of days, and y is the number of cans collected. Explain how to determine how many days it would take to collect 2600 cans. write it and make it short like an 8th grader
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find out how many days it would take to collect 2600 cans, we can use the equation \( y = 235x + 15 \). Here, \( y \) is the total number of cans collected and \( x \) is the number of days.
We want to find \( x \) when \( y = 2600 \). So we can set up the equation like this:
\[ 2600 = 235x + 15 \]
Now, we'll solve for \( x \):
1. Subtract 15 from both sides:
\[
2600 - 15 = 235x
\]
\[
2585 = 235x
\]
2. Now, divide both sides by 235 to find \( x \):
\[
x = \frac{2585}{235}
\]
\[
x \approx 11
\]
So, it would take about 11 days to collect 2600 cans.
We want to find \( x \) when \( y = 2600 \). So we can set up the equation like this:
\[ 2600 = 235x + 15 \]
Now, we'll solve for \( x \):
1. Subtract 15 from both sides:
\[
2600 - 15 = 235x
\]
\[
2585 = 235x
\]
2. Now, divide both sides by 235 to find \( x \):
\[
x = \frac{2585}{235}
\]
\[
x \approx 11
\]
So, it would take about 11 days to collect 2600 cans.