A baby was born with a weight of 12 pounds and then began to gain 2 pounds per month. Make a table of values and then write an equation for W, commaW, in terms of t, commat, representing weight, in pounds, of the newborn baby tt months after birth.
Number of Months Since Birth Weight of the Baby (Pounds)
00
11
22
33
Answer
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Number of Months Since Birth Weight of the Baby (Pounds)
0 12
1 14
2 16
3 18
The pattern in the table is that the weight of the baby is increasing by 2 pounds each month. To represent this pattern algebraically, we can write the equation:
W = 2t + 12
where W represents the weight of the baby in pounds and t represents the number of months since birth.