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?

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:
[tex]4\times m=4m\text{ hotdogs}[/tex]Therefore, in m minutes, he will have eaten:
[tex]N=4m+8[/tex]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:
[tex]16=4m+8[/tex]QUESTION B
We will have to solve for m. This is shown below:
Step 1: Subta