Four times the amount of flour for the raisin bread plus 2.5 cups equals 12.5 cups total. The equation is 4x + 2.5 = 12.5. First, I subtract 2.5 from both sides, and then I divide both sides by 4. Each loaf contains 2.5 cups of flour.

The scatter plot shows the number of animal cells clara examined in a laboratory in different months: plot ordered pairs 1, 20 and 2, 60 and 3,100 and 4, 140 and 5, 180 what is the approximate predicted number of animal cells clara examined in the 9th month?