One of the greatest assets of a secretary is often his/her ability on the keyboard of a computer. Mrs. Garcia has been recognized as the Most Outstanding Typist at a prestigious firm because of her outstanding typing speed. The table below displays data collected from her most recent evaluation.
minutes
1
2
3
4
words
70
140
210
280
Write an equation to represent the total number of words, y, that Mrs. Garcia can type in x minutes.
If Mrs. Garcia maintains a constant speed consistent with the results above, how many words will she type in 49 minutes?
The equation to represent the total number of words, y, that Mrs. Garcia can type in x minutes is y = 70x.
If Mrs. Garcia maintains a constant speed consistent with the results above, she types 70 words in 1 minute. Therefore, in 49 minutes, she would type 70 * 49 = 3430 words.