One of the greatest assets of a secretary is often his/her ability on the keyboard of a computer. Mrs. Garcia has been recognized as the Most Outstanding Typist at a prestigious firm because of her outstanding typing speed. The table below displays data collected from her most recent evaluation.

Write an equation to represent the total number of words, y, that Mrs. Garcia can type in x minutes_________

If Mrs. Garcia maintains a constant speed consistent with the results above, how many words will she type in 49 minutes?_______

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Answer:

  • y = 70x
  • 3,430

Step-by-step explanation:

The table shows that Mrs. Garcia types 70 words in the first minute and 70 additional words in each additional minute.

That is, in x minues, Mrs. Garcia types 70x words:

  y = 70x . . . . words Mrs Garcia can type in x minutes

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When x=49, the number of words Mrs. Garcia is expected to type is ...

  y = 70×49 = 3,430

She will type 3,430 words in 49 minutes.