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Franklin Middle School is having a canned food drive. In Mr. Lao's class, Mr. Lao brought 1010 cans of food, and each student brought 22 cans. In Ms. Roger's class, Ms. Rogers did not bring any cans, but each student brought 33 cans of food. Write two equations in slope-intercept form to represent the number of cans of food for each class yy in terms of the number of students xx.

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Q. Franklin Middle School is having a canned food drive. In Mr. Lao's class, Mr. Lao brought 1010 cans of food, and each student brought 22 cans. In Ms. Roger's class, Ms. Rogers did not bring any cans, but each student brought 33 cans of food. Write two equations in slope-intercept form to represent the number of cans of food for each class yy in terms of the number of students xx.
  1. Mr. Lao's class equation: Let's start with Mr. Lao's class. We know that Mr. Lao brought 1010 cans of food, and each student brought 22 cans. The number of cans of food (y)(y) is a function of the number of students (x)(x). The equation will have a yy-intercept (where x=0x=0) of 1010, because that's the number of cans Mr. Lao brought. The slope of the equation will be 22, because each student brings 22 cans. So the equation for Mr. Lao's class is:\newliney=2x+10y = 2x + 10
  2. Ms. Roger's class equation: Now let's consider Ms. Roger's class. Ms. Rogers did not bring any cans, so the yy-intercept is 00. Each student brought 33 cans of food, so the slope of the equation is 33. The equation for Ms. Roger's class is:\newliney=3x+0y = 3x + 0\newlinewhich simplifies to:\newliney=3xy = 3x

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