Question

a school photographer just bought a new memory card for her camera. she took 2 pictures to check that everything is working properly. now that its picture day, she expects to take 1 picture of each student. write an equation that shows the relationship between the number of students photographed, x, and the total number of pictures on the memory card, y. y = save answer

Explanation:

Step1: Identify fixed and variable pictures

The photographer took 2 pictures initially (fixed), and 1 picture per student (variable, with \( x \) students).

Step2: Formulate the equation

Total pictures \( y \) is the sum of initial 2 and \( x \) (1 per student). So \( y = x + 2 \).

Answer:

\( x + 2 \)