Mr. Mageehee is on a diet. He currently weighs 240 lbs. He is losing 4 lbs. per month and wants to get down to a healthier weight of 180.
What equation represents this scenario?
240 - 4m = 180
Where m represents the number of months Mr. Mageehee has been on his diet.
so y= -4x +240
Yes, that equation is another way to represent the scenario. In this case, y represents Mr. Mageehee's weight (in lbs) and x represents the number of months he has been on his diet.
The equation y = -4x + 240 shows that Mr. Mageehee's weight decreases by 4 lbs each month, starting from his initial weight of 240 lbs.