Alina bought an ice cream cone for $3. Her 4- ounce scope of ice cream is melting at rate of 0.5 ounces per minutes. Write an equation to represent the amount of ice cream left after x minutes.

y=4-0.5x

Step-by-step explanation:

Step one:

given data

Alina bought an ice cream cone for $3

the weight of the ice cream is 4 ounce

the rate of melting is 0.5 ounce per minute

let the number of minutes taken for the ice cream to melt be x

and the weight after x minutes be y

Step two:

Hence the expression for the situation after x minutes is

y=4-0.5x

answer: expected value of x = 1.0

step-by-step explanation:

p(x=0) = 0.25

p(x=1) = 0.50

p(x=2) = 0.25

expected value for x = 0×0.25 + 1×0.5 + 2×0.25 = 1.0