Akira is setting tables at the restaurant where she works. She starts with a pile of 85 napkins, and she places 6 napkins on every table she sets.

Question

Write an equation that shows how the number of napkins remaining, y, depends on the number of tables Akira sets, x.
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Answer 1

To determine how the number of napkins remaining, \( y \), depends on the number of tables Akira sets, \( x \), you can start with the initial number of napkins and subtract the number of napkins used for the tables.

Akira starts with 85 napkins and uses 6 napkins per table. Therefore, the equation relating \( y \) and \( x \) can be written as:

\[ y = 85 - 6x \]

Here:

• \( y \) is the number of napkins remaining,
• \( x \) is the number of tables Akira sets,
• \( 85 \) is the starting number of napkins,
• \( 6x \) is the total number of napkins used for \( x \) tables.