Question
Robert baked 6 pies to donate to a charity dinner before he ran out of sugar. With each additional cup of sugar he buys, he can bake 1 more pie. Write an equation that shows how the total number of pies Robert can bake, y, depends on the number of cups of sugar he buys, x.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To represent the total number of pies Robert can bake as a function of the number of cups of sugar he buys, we can start with the 6 pies he already baked. Since each additional cup of sugar allows him to bake 1 more pie, we can express this relationship with the following equation:
\[
y = 6 + x
\]
In this equation:
- \( y \) represents the total number of pies Robert can bake.
- \( x \) represents the number of additional cups of sugar he buys.
So, for every additional cup of sugar (each unit increase in \( x \)), the total number of pies \( y \) increases by 1.
\[
y = 6 + x
\]
In this equation:
- \( y \) represents the total number of pies Robert can bake.
- \( x \) represents the number of additional cups of sugar he buys.
So, for every additional cup of sugar (each unit increase in \( x \)), the total number of pies \( y \) increases by 1.