Question

Midge baked 6 cookies and 4 brownies. Midge only has enough ingredients to bake at most 25 cookies or brownies total. Let x represent the number of more cookies and y represent the number of more brownies that Midge can bake. Which of the following graphs best represents the relationship between x and y?

Answer 1

@phi @mathslover

Answer 2

this one is a bit confusing, isn't it?

they say
Let x represent the number of *more* cookies and
y be the number of *more* brownies.

they also say she already baked 6+4 = 10 "baked goods"
she can only bake up to 25 "baked goods" total. Because she already baked 10, she can only bake 25-10, or 15 *more* of either type.

Answer 3

in other words,
x+y= 15

can you write this equation in slope-intercept form ( that is an easy way to figure out which graph to choose)

Answer 4

no, sorry I can't :( I'm still confused

Answer 5

@phi ?

Answer 6

in that case, test a few numbers.
when x is 0, what is y
using
x+y= 15
?

Answer 7

y = 15 when x = 0

Answer 8

@phi

Answer 9

yes, that means the point (0,15) is on the line

so you should find all the choices where (0,15) is on the line. those might be the answer.

find another (easy) point. if y is 0 what is x? use
x+y=15

Answer 10

although, looking at your choices, only one of the graphs has the line go through (0,15)

Answer 11

so it's the first answer?

Answer 12

yes

Answer 13

thanks :)

Answer 14

yea thanks