A bakery sells 4200 cookies in 2010. The bakery sells 5600 cookies in 2015. Write a linear model that represents the number y of cookies that the bakery sells x years after 2010.

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Answer:

y = 4,200 + 280x

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of cookies sold by the bakery in 2010 = 4,200

Number of cookies sold by the bakery in 2015 = 5,600

Let's write a linear model that represents the number y of cookies that the bakery sells x years after 2010.

Cookies = y

Years after 2010 = x

Ratio of cookies sold in 2015 = (Number of cookies sold by the bakery in 2015 - Number of cookies sold by the bakery in 2010)/ 2015 - 2010

Replacing with the values we know:

Ratio of additional cookies sold = 5,600 - 4,200/ 2015 - 2010

Ratio of additional cookies sold = 1,400/ 5 = 280 per year

Now, we can write the linear model this way:

y = 4,200 + 280x

[tex]y = 4200 + 280 x[/tex]

The linear model represents the relation between two quantities which change at a constant rate.

According to given question-

The bakery sells cookies in [tex]2010[/tex] is [tex]4200[/tex]

The bakery sells cookies in [tex]2015[/tex] is [tex]5600[/tex]

As its saying about linear model representation so, assume that the number of cookies increases with the same amount each year i.e.,

[tex]5600 - 4200 = 1400[/tex] increase in [tex]5[/tex] years.

So, Increase in sell of cookies per year is [tex]\dfrac{1400}{5} = 280[/tex]  increase per year

Let [tex]y[/tex] be the number of cookies that the bakery sells [tex]x[/tex] years after 2010.

So, the linear model that represents the number [tex]y[/tex] of cookies that the bakery sells [tex]x[/tex] years after 2010 is given as-

[tex]y = 4200 + 280 x[/tex]

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