Describe a real world situation that can be modeled by the equation y = 1/20x. be sure to describe what each variable represents.
A real world example could be:
Consider x is time in minutes
Consider y is the amount of fish food required in grams
The equation could then represent how much food (in grams) that a fish needs to be fed x minutes after it was previously fed.
For this case, the first thing we must do is define variables.
We have then:
x: number of minutes
y: total cost
We have then the following description:
The gym in a city charges $ 1 for every 20 minutes of training a person does every day. Write an equation that models the problem.
The equation that models the problem is:
\(y = \frac{1}{2}x\)
Where the slope of the line is:
\(m = \frac{1}{2}\)
And it represents the cost of the gym for every 20 minutes of training.