Carlos is a receptionist at a law firm. He spends 2 minutes routing each phone call as it comes in. Write an equation that shows how the total number of minutes Carlos spends routing calls, y, depends on the number of calls, x. y = ____
Q. Carlos is a receptionist at a law firm. He spends 2 minutes routing each phone call as it comes in. Write an equation that shows how the total number of minutes Carlos spends routing calls, y, depends on the number of calls, x. y = ____
Identify variables and relationship: Identify the variables and their relationship.Carlos spends 2 minutes on each call. The total time spent on calls is directly proportional to the number of calls he routes.Let x represent the number of calls Carlos routes.Let y represent the total number of minutes Carlos spends routing calls.The relationship between the two variables is that for every call Carlos routes, he spends 2 minutes.
Write equation based on relationship: Write the equation based on the relationship.Since Carlos spends 2 minutes per call, the total number of minutes (y) is equal to 2 times the number of calls (x).The equation is: y=2x
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