Jack's pet dog has been prescribed x mg of a medicine per day. Each pill of the medicine has 15 mg of the medicine. Jack has to give his dog a total of 25 pills. If Jack gave his dog medicine for 7 days, use the expression below to interpret the situation. 25 - 7 times x over 15 Part A: What does x over 15 represent? (3 points) Part B: What does the 7 times x over 15 represent? (3 points) Part C: What does the entire expression represent? (4 points)

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Jack's pet dog has been prescribed x mg of a medicine per day. Each pill of the medicine has 15 mg of the medicine. Jack has to give his dog a total of 25 pills. If Jack gave his dog medicine for 7 days, use the expression below to interpret the situation.  25 - 7 times x over 15  Part A: What does x over 15 represent? (3 points)  Part B: What does the 7 times x over 15 represent? (3 points)  Part C: What does the entire expression represent? (4 points)

anonymous · Answer

A=X over 15 represent the total number of pills the dog takes a day because every pill has 15mg, dividing the required amount x by 15 gives how many pills the required amount needs to be taken.

B=The second part tells if he can stop giving his dog the medication the total number of pills that it should take till the dog is health again the equation then subtracts from the total amount of pills that were already given.

C=The entire expression represents the total number of pill the dog takes a day for 7 days.