Help please!! MEDAL!!!

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.

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

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Help please!! MEDAL!!!

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.


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

@mathmale

anonymous · Answer

@RyanKurtz

mathmale · Answer

If you were to graph this situation, with time (in months) on the horizontal axis and number or orders on the vertical axis, you'd get two straight lines.  These lines intersect at a particular spot.  Can you determine where?  (in other words, in which month?  There might be an easier way to solve this problem (orders in = orders out).

anonymous · Answer

@millie2305
The boss needs to know that the number of orders IN increases by 1 per month and the orders OUT increases by 2 per month. The function for a graph would be f(x)=0.5x+2.5.