A supermarket donates 35 cans of food to a food drive each week.

Question

What rule could you use to find n, the number of cans of food the supermarket has donated, after w weeks have passed?
w, the number weeks
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Multiply by 35
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n, the number of cans of food donated
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You can multiply w, the number of weeks, by the 35 cans of food donated each week to find n, the total number of cans of food. How can you represent this rule as an expression?
w, the number weeks
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Multiply by 35
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n, the number of cans of food donated

w, the number weeks
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n, the number of cans of food donated

Answer 1

You can represent the rule as an expression using multiplication. Since the supermarket donates 35 cans of food each week, the relationship between the number of weeks \( w \) and the total number of cans donated \( n \) can be expressed as:

\[ n = 35w \]

In this expression:

• \( n \) represents the total number of cans of food donated.
• \( w \) represents the number of weeks.
• The number 35 is the constant rate of cans donated per week.

So, for any given number of weeks \( w \), you can plug that value into the expression \( n = 35w \) to find the total number of cans donated after those weeks have passed.