A teacher has a 2-gallon container of juice. She gives each student 1/2 cup of juice. Which equation represents the amount of juice that remains, y, after x students served

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Kenneth Swanson

24 April, 14:22

A teacher has a 2-gallon container of juice. She gives each student 1/2 cup of juice. Which equation represents the amount of juice that remains, y, after x students served

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Answer: y = 32 - 1/2x or y = - 1/2x + 32 one of this could be answers.

Step-by-step explanation:

First you have to convert 2-gallon into cups for you to have the same measurement units.

2 gallons will give you 32 cups.

Now we know that the teacher has 32 two cups and is giving a half of a cup to students.

We could now write the equation as

y = 32 - 1/2x or y = - 1/2x + 32