Question

Emily is making strawberry jam to sell at the farmers' market. Today she has 22 cups of strawberries, and she uses 3.25 cups to make a jar of jam. Write an equation that shows how the number of cups of strawberries remaining, y, depends on the number of jars of jam made, x. y=

Answer 1

To find the equation that shows how the number of cups of strawberries remaining, \( y \), depends on the number of jars of jam made, \( x \), we start with the total amount of strawberries Emily has, which is 22 cups.

She uses 3.25 cups of strawberries to make each jar of jam. Therefore, for \( x \) jars of jam, the amount of strawberries used will be \( 3.25x \).

The amount of strawberries remaining can be calculated by subtracting the amount used from the total amount she started with:

\[
y = 22 - 3.25x
\]

So the equation is:

\[
y = 22 - 3.25x
\]