Question

carlos and maya are both preparing meal kits for a community fundraiser. they each have a plan for how many meals they can pack per hour, but they started with different numbers of pre - packed meals from earlier volunteers.

• carlos already has 10 meals ready and can pack 4 more meals per hour.
• maya already has 16 meals ready and can pack 2 more meals per hour.

carlos wants to know when he and maya will have packed the same number of meals. they make a graph to represent how many meals they pack.
short response questions (5 questions)
question 3
what does your solution from question 2 mean in this situation?

Explanation:

Assuming the solution from Question 2 is the point where the two lines (representing Carlos and Maya's meal - packing) intersect. In this context, the \(x\) - coordinate of the intersection point represents the number of hours worked, and the \(y\) - coordinate represents the number of meals packed. So, the solution means the number of hours it takes for Carlos and Maya to have packed the same total number of meals, and that common number of meals is also given by the \(y\) - value at the intersection.

Answer:

The solution (the intersection point of the two lines) means the number of hours after which Carlos and Maya will have packed the same total number of meals, and the \(y\) - value of the intersection point is that common number of meals.