Ruth is starting a summer camp for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. She needs to hire enough counselors to chaperone the children. There is a proportional relationship between the number of counselors Ruth hires, x, and the maximum number of children who can attend the camp, y.

Question

The equation that models this relationship is y=5x.
At most how many children can attend the camp if Ruth hires 4 counselors? Write your answer as a whole number or decimal.

Answer 1

To find out how many children can attend the camp if Ruth hires 4 counselors, substitute x = 4 into the equation y = 5x:

y = 5(4) = 20.

Therefore, at most, 20 children can attend the camp if Ruth hires 4 counselors.