Jamal planted 53 fewer flowers than Heidi. Write an expression to show how many flowers Heidi planted.

y = x + 53

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the number of flowers Jamal planted and y the number of flowers Heidi planted.

Jamal planted 53 fewer flowers than Heidi:

x = y - 53

Isolate the y.

x + 53 = y (Change the - sign to + sign when switching from different sides of an equation)

y = x + 53

Step-by-step explanation:

Let h be the number of flowers Heidi planted, and j the number for Jamal.

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part a

x     y

0     8

1     7.5

2     7

3     6.5

4     6

5     5.5  

for every hour i deducted .5 inches from the length of the candle

part b

it is a function because for every x value there is only one y value

part   c

for every x value there is only one y value

x       y

0       8

1       7.6

2       7.2

3       6.8

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