Question

ginny is raising pumpkins to enter a contest to see who can grow the heaviest pumpkin. her best pumpkin weighs 22 pounds and is growing at the rate of 2.5 pounds per week. martha planted her pumpkins late. her best pumpkin weighs 10 pounds but she expects it grow 4 pounds per week. define the "let" statements for x and y. then write equations that represent the weight of ginny and martha's pumpkins.Let x=Let y=ginny's equations=Martha's equation:

Answer 1

Let x=

1) Gathering the data

Ginny

Best pumpkin: 22 pounds

The growing rate of 2.5 pounds per week

Martha

Best pumpkin: 10 pounds

The growing rate: 4 pounds per week

Let x for the growing rate and y for the weight

2) Setting equations

Ginny's equation

2.5x=22

Martha's equation: ​

4x=10