SOLUTION: To bake one cake, Drew uses 18 ounces of flour. He has 850 ounces of flour. Let y represent the ounces of flour left and x represent the number of cakes he has baked. When the situ

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Question 1006257: To bake one cake, Drew uses 18 ounces of flour. He has 850 ounces of flour. Let y represent the ounces of flour left and x represent the number of cakes he has baked. When the situation is modeled on a graph, what are the slope and the y-intercept of the line representing this situation?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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x=0 when no cakes were baked and y=850 ounces, for a y versus x equation of y=850-0%2A%2818%2F1%29, or y=850. This is a linear coordinate pair (0,850). Linear equation to relate y and x is y=-18x%2B850.

Slope is negative 18 in units of ounces flour per cake and y intercept is (0,850).


graph%28500%2C500%2C-10%2C50%2C-30%2C850%2C-18x%2B850%29
The labeling on the left part of the x-axis is squashed and reading there is not reliable.