SOLUTION: Dogs between 2 to 13 years old, age at an average rate of 4 human years for every dog year. The equation 4x - y + 16 = 0 describes the relationship between the dogs age x in dog-ye

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Question 1169403: Dogs between 2 to 13 years old, age at an average rate of 4 human years for every dog year. The equation 4x - y + 16 = 0 describes the relationship between the dogs age x in dog-years and the dogs age in human-years y.
a)Write the equation in y = mx +b form
b)What is the age in human-years of a 7 year old dog?
c)A friend tells you their dog is as old as their 60 year old grandparents. How old is the dog in dog-years?

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source):
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The equation describes the relationship between the dogs age in dog-years and the dogs age in human-years .

a)
Write the equation in form
...move to the right
...swap the sides

b)
What is the age in human-years of a year old dog?

->the age in human-years

c)
A friend tells you their dog is as old as their year old grandparents. How old is the dog in dog-years?

-> their dog is