Mrs. drennan keeps a bag of small prizes to distribute to her students. she likes to keep at least three times as many prizes in the bag as she has students. the bag currently has 72 prizes in it. mrs. drennan has 26 students what is the least amount of prizes mrs drennan needs to buy ?

The least amount of prizes Mrs Drennan needs to buy = 6

Step-by-step explanation:

She likes to keep at least three times as many prizes in the bag as she has students.

If number of students is n, number of prizes she has = 3 n

Given that Mrs. drennan has 26 students

That is n = 26

Number of prizes needed = 3n = 3 x 26 = 78

Number of prizes she has = 72

Minimum prizes she need to buy = 78 - 72 = 6

The least amount of prizes Mrs Drennan needs to buy = 6

step-by-step explanation:

i think something is missing in your question because y-1=(x-12) would not pass through the point (-4,-3). because if you replace x by -4 your are supposed to find y=-3 which is not the case her. if you replace x by -4 you find =-15.

i assume the right equation is y-1=1/4*(x-12) because this one is passing through both your points (if you are interested to know how i found that out i can tell you).

in this equation if i replace x by -4 i find y=-3 and if i replace x by 12, i find y=1 so the line representing this equation is passing through those 2 points.

then the standard form of the equation is finding an expression of y in function of x

y-1=1/4*(x-12)

y=x/4-3+1

y=x/4-2

hope that .

do you confirm there was a mistake in the question?