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Question 1059369: The equation y=2/3x represents the cost y (in dollars) for x pounds of bananas.
Graph equation, use graph to estimate the cost of 8 pounds of bananas. Write in a sentence.
I don't understand??? Do I put in different values for x...like 2,4,6,8???
Use equation to find exact cost of 8 pounds of bananas.
y=2/3*8= 5.33
Answer by rothauserc(4718)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! I assume your problem's equation is
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y = (2/3) * x, also can be written as y = 2x/3
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This is a line in the Cartesian plane that associates a real value x to a y value, each pair is a point (x, y) on the line.
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I would choose x values 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, .... since the denominator is a 3
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Here is the graph of y = 2x/3
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From the graph it looks like the y value is (1/3) the distance between 5 and 6
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y = (2*8) / 3 = 5.333333....
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The cost of 8 pounds of bananas is approximately $5 and 34 cents
since the merchant is not going to be short a penny :-)
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