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?

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 d class=

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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