Jayden bought a bag containing 85 small candies. He starts eating the candies at a rate of 5 candies per minute. Answer the questions below regarding the relationship between the number of minutes eating and the number of candies left in the bag.
The independent variable, x, represents the number of minutes eating, and the dependent variable is the number of candies left in the bag, because the number of candies left in the bag depends on the number of minutes eating.
A function relating these variables is Q(x)= blank*.
So Q(6)= blank*, meaning
-after eating candies for six minutes there would be
-6 candies would be left
blank*
-candies left in the bag
-minutes of eating.
The function is Q(x) = 85 - 5x.
So Q(6) = 85 - 5(6) = 85 - 30 = 55.
Therefore, after eating candies for six minutes, there would be 55 candies left in the bag.