Question

At the beginning of the day, the owner of a restaraunt opens a new case of take-out boxes. One case holds 500 take-out boxes. He uses an average of 35 take-out boxes each day. Based on his average usage, which expression represents the number of take-out boxes that remain (d) days after the new case of boxes is opened?
A: 500 - 35d
B: 500 + 35d
C: 500d - 35
D: 500d + 35

Answer 1

let d = day
which equation looks like it represents:
500 boxes minus 35 per day?

Answer 2

A?

Answer 3

very good

Answer 4

Thank you(:

Answer 5

now you just replace "d" with what ever day it is and solve to find out how many boxes are left.

Answer 6

Okay, Thanks(:

Answer 7

you bet