There's a huge sale at the grocery store, so Kamal stocks up on his favorite breakfast cereal, Frosted Crunchy Bunches. As he puts the cereal boxes on a shelf in his pantry, he wonders if he has enough shelf space. There is a proportional relationship between the number of cereal boxes Kamal stores on his pantry shelf, x, and the amount of shelf space (in inches) the boxes take up, y.
x (boxes) y (inches)
2 6
3 9
5 15
6 18
Write an equation for the relationship between x and y. Simplify any fractions.
y=

Ithink the answer is b.

Okay so n is going to represent our first number. since the second number of five times greater than n, the second number will be represented as 5n. for us to figure out the two  numbers we need to have  the value of n first. this is going to be done by adding the two numbers together, n and 5n. it can be simplified as 6n, which the problem states is equal to 72. divide 72 by 6n and you can solve for n.  n+5n=726n=72n=(72/6)n=12  now that we know the value of n, we have to multiply 5 times 12 which equals 60. so our two numbers/integers are 12 and 60