Tommy has a pet monkey. every day, his monkey eats 4 apples in the morning. the monkey also eats two bananas for every banana that tommy eats.
write an equation to describe this situation where x is the number of bananas tommy eats and y is the total number of pieces of fruit the monkey eats.

Compare the following pair of numbers a and b in three ways. a. find the ratio of a to b. b. find the ratio of b to a. c. complete the sentence: a is percent of b. a=120 and b=340 a. the ratio of a to b is . b. the ratio of b to a is . c. a is nothing percent of b.

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.

Tyler went to the supermarket to buy food for a food pantry. he has $36, and can carry up to 20 pounds of food in his backpack. pasta costs $1 for a 1-pound package. pasta sauce costs $3 for a 1.5 pound jar. let x = the number of packages of pasta and y = the number of jars of pasta sauce. one package of pasta is the right amount to go with one jar of pasta sauce. what is the best numbers of packages of pasta and jars of pasta sauce to buy for the food pantry? how many packages of pasta? how many jars of pasta sauce? explain your reasoning.