Function Q gives a puppy's weight in pounds as a function of its age in months.
Use function notation to represent the
statement.
When the puppy was a months old, it
weighed w pounds.
O Q(w) = a
O Q(a) = w

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

w = weight

a = age

Required

Represent the weight as a function of age

When writing a function.

means that y is a function of x

Using the above to answer the given question, we have:

Which means w is a function of a

and can be rewritten as: