Your boss hands you the monthly data that show the number of orders coming in to and out of the warehouse. The data are in the table below. Explain to your boss, in complete sentences, the solution to this system and what the solution represents.

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anonymous · Answer

Month	No. of orders in	No. of orders out
January (1)	3	1
February (2)	4	3
March (3)	5	5
April (4)	6	7

anonymous · Answer

can you help me with this too please? @whpalmer4

whpalmer4 · Answer

well, why don't you look at the number of orders in, vs the number of the month.  can you spot the equation that relates them?

anonymous · Answer

um well it seems that each month for every order in they place 2 orders out

whpalmer4 · Answer

but I want a relationship between month and orders IN

anonymous · Answer

each month they get 1 order in?

whpalmer4 · Answer

isn't it that each month they get 2 more orders in than the month number?

orders_in = month_no + 2

?

anonymous · Answer

Ohh I see it now

whpalmer4 · Answer

how about the relationship between month and orders out?

anonymous · Answer

it seems to increase by one like the first month there would only be 1 order out, for the second month there would be 3, the fourth month there would be 7 so on

whpalmer4 · Answer

isn't that increasing by 2?

orders_out = 2*month_no + 1