Andre and Kara are collecting food for the food pantry in their neighborhood. For every person they ask to donate, they receive an average of 13 items. Create a table and graph an arithmetic sequence to model this scenario. What would be the most appropriate label for the y-axis?

A. food pantry
B. neighborhood population
C. number of people asked to donate
D. number of items donated

1 answer

In the scenario where Andre and Kara collect food for the food pantry and receive an average of 13 items from each person they ask, we can create a table to represent the arithmetic sequence.

Let’s define the variables:

  • Let \( x \) be the number of people Andre and Kara ask to donate.
  • Let \( y \) be the total number of items donated.

Since every person they ask donates an average of 13 items, the relationship can be expressed as: \[ y = 13x \]

Table of Values

| Number of People Asked (x) | Number of Items Donated (y) | |-----------------------------|------------------------------| | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 13 | | 2 | 26 | | 3 | 39 | | 4 | 52 | | 5 | 65 |

Graph Representation

To graph this, you would plot points based on the table values where the x-axis represents the number of people asked (x) and the y-axis represents the number of items donated (y).

Appropriate Label for the y-Axis

Among the options provided: A. food pantry
B. neighborhood population
C. number of people asked to donate
D. number of items donated

The most appropriate label for the y-axis, which represents the total number of items donated, would be: D. number of items donated.