Question

1 at a restaurant jars of tomato sauce are stored in boxes in the pantry. each box contains 8 jars of tomato sauce. a cook uses 2 jars from 1 of the boxes. which function shows the relationship between y, the total number of jars of tomato sauce remaining in the pantry, and x, the number of boxes in the pantry? a y = 8x + 6 b y = 8x c y = 8x - 2 d y = 6x

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total jars without usage

Each box has 8 jars. If there are $x$ boxes, the total number of jars before any are used is $8x$.

Step2: Account for used jars

A cook uses 2 jars from one of the boxes. So the total number of jars remaining $y$ is the total number of jars before usage minus the 2 used jars, which gives $y = 8x-2$.

Answer:

C. $y = 8x - 2$