Alvin baked 6 mini pies to donate to a charity dinner before he ran out of sugar. With each additional cup of sugar he buys, he can bake 4 more mini pies.

Question

Write an equation that shows how the total number of mini pies Alvin can bake, y, depends on the number of cups of sugar he buys, x.
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Answer 1

To express the total number of mini pies Alvin can bake (y) based on the number of cups of sugar he buys (x), we can set up the equation as follows:

Initially, Alvin can bake 6 mini pies. For each additional cup of sugar he buys, he can bake 4 more mini pies. Therefore, the equation can be expressed as:

\[ y = 6 + 4x \]

where:

• \( y \) is the total number of mini pies,
• \( x \) is the number of additional cups of sugar he buys.

So, the final equation is:

\( y = 6 + 4x \)