Marcia can make 5 candles in an hour. kevin can make only 4 candles in an hour, but he already has 7 completed candles. explain to marcia how she can use a system of equations to determine when she will have the same number of candles as kevin. use complete sentences.

3× __ -2=15 7 2× __+1=7 5 7× =22 15 5× __+10=2 8 × __+4=20 6 × =10 3 × __+2=8 6 × __+8=8 9 × __+7=20 6

Noel is hoping to make a profit (in $) on the school play and has determined the function describing the profit to be f(t) = 8t – 2654, where t is the number of tickets sold. what does the number 8 tell you?

Create a graph for the demand for starfish using the following data table: quantity/price of starfish quantity (x axis) of starfish in dozens price (y axis) of starfish per dozen 0 8 2 6 3 5 5 2 7 1 9 0 is the relationship between the price of starfish and the quantity demanded inverse or direct? why? how many dozens of starfish are demanded at a price of five? calculate the slope of the line between the prices of 6 (quantity of 2) and 1 (quantity of 7) per dozen. describe the line when there is a direct relationship between price and quantity.