Question
Nicole founded a company with 6 employees and steadily hired 4 new employees each month.
Write an equation that shows the relationship between the number of months since Nicole founded the company, x, and the number of employees, y.
y=
Write an equation that shows the relationship between the number of months since Nicole founded the company, x, and the number of employees, y.
y=
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To express the relationship between the number of months since Nicole founded the company (x) and the total number of employees (y), we start with the initial number of employees and account for the additional employees hired each month.
Initially, Nicole has 6 employees. Each month, she hires 4 new employees. Therefore, the number of employees after \( x \) months can be calculated as:
\[
y = 6 + 4x
\]
This equation shows that the total number of employees \( y \) is equal to the initial 6 employees plus 4 employees for each month \( x \) that has passed.
Initially, Nicole has 6 employees. Each month, she hires 4 new employees. Therefore, the number of employees after \( x \) months can be calculated as:
\[
y = 6 + 4x
\]
This equation shows that the total number of employees \( y \) is equal to the initial 6 employees plus 4 employees for each month \( x \) that has passed.