Question

Tina's teacher hands out rewards. Tina gets 2 stickers for each positive behavior. How many stickers will Tina get?

Let y represent the number of stickers Tina earns.
Let x represent the number of positive behaviors.

a. Write a function rule to show the relationship between y and x.
b. Which variable is the dependent variable? Explain how you know.

Answer 1

what are you thinking for a?

Answer 2

2y=x

Answer 3

y is the number of stickers she earns and x is the number of good behaviors. she gets 2 stickers per good behavior. so y = 2x

Answer 4

does that make sense?

Answer 5

yes. :)

Answer 6

what would be our dependent variable?

Answer 7

I'm not sure..

Answer 8

it would be y because the number of stickers she earns DEPENDS on the number of positive behaviors

Answer 9

OK.