Person weighing 140 pounds, should consume 1490 daily calories and that a 200 pound person should eat 1700 calories. , then we using the point-slope form of the equation of a line we would find that the relationship could be written y=(7/2)x + 1000? .
Please, show step by step for the solution
Please, show step by step for the solution
1 Answer
See below.
Explanation:
We can form two equation of the form
Let
So we can write for the first person:
Second person:
Where solve these simultaneously to find
By substitution:
Subtract
Substitute this in
Subtract 1490 from both sides:
Simplify:
Substitute this value for
Multiply by 2:
Subtract 980 from both sides:
Divide by 2:
So our equation is: