Question

When you arrive at the family reunion, Uncle Jeremy has eaten 8 mini hot dogs. He continues to eat 4 mini hot dogs per minute. How long until he has eaten 16 hot dogs?

Answer 1

QUESTION A

Uncle Jeremy had eaten 8 mini hot dogs at the start. This is the constant amount.

If he eats 4 mini hot dogs per minute, then the amount he eats in m minutes will be:

$4\times m=4m\text{ hotdogs}$

Therefore, in m minutes, he will have eaten:

$N=4m+8$

where N is the number of hot dogs.

If he has eaten 16 hot dogs, then N = 16.

Therefore, the equation modeling the situation is given to be:

$16=4m+8$

QUESTION B

We will have to solve for m. This is shown below:

Step 1: Subta