Question

The equation y = 16x + 560 describes the number of calories in a recipe, where y is the total number of calories and x is the number of teaspoons of sugar added. The table shows the number of calories in another recipe, where y is the total number of calories and x is the number of teaspoons of honey added.

How many calories are in a teaspoon of sugar, and how many are in a teaspoon of honey?

Teaspoons of honey 1 2 4 7
Total calories 504 568 696 888

A teaspoon of sugar has ___calories.
A teaspoon of honey has ___calories.

Answer 1

@Susanna

Answer 2

sugar: look at the slope in the equation

Answer 3

sorry i'm back

Answer 4

16

Answer 5

@Susanna

Answer 6

I don't know the answer, sorry

Answer 7

for sugar 16 is correct

Answer 8

for honey, find the slope

\(\dfrac{568-504}{2-1}\)

Answer 9

64?

Answer 10

yes 64

Answer 11

thanks

Answer 12

yw :)