Alice collected 57 skipping stones. She skipped 3 stones a minute on her pond until she was out of stones. Create a slope intercept equation that represents this relationship

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Maximus Hensley

13 May, 00:59

Alice collected 57 skipping stones. She skipped 3 stones a minute on her pond until she was out of stones. Create a slope intercept equation that represents this relationship

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Damian Maxwell · Answer 1

y = 57 - 3x

Step-by-step explanation:

Alice collected 57 skipping stones. And she skipped 3 stones a minute on her pond.

So. if y represents the number of stones left to her and x represents the number of minutes, then by the condition given we can write

y = 57 - 3x ... (1)

So, this is equation of a straight line in the slope-intercept form. (Answer)