At a restaurant jars of tomato sauce are stored in boxes in the pantry. Each box contains 8 jars of tomato sauce. A cook uses 2 jars from 1 of the boxes. Which function shows the relationship between y, the total number of jars of tomato sauce remaining in the pantry, and x, the number of boxes in the pantry?

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Erin Kim

14 August, 07:41

At a restaurant jars of tomato sauce are stored in boxes in the pantry. Each box contains 8 jars of tomato sauce. A cook uses 2 jars from 1 of the boxes. Which function shows the relationship between y, the total number of jars of tomato sauce remaining in the pantry, and x, the number of boxes in the pantry?

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Oliver Davis · Answer 1

y = 8x - 2

Step-by-step explanation:

x = the number of boxes

Total jars of tomato sauce is each box contains 8 jars so that is 8 x x=8x

2 jars were removed making it 8x-2

y will be 8x-2