Gepetto, a puppet maker, can produce 15 new puppets per week. He already has 25 completely finished puppets in storage. We want to write an equation to model the relationship between the number of puppets available for sale and the number of weeks. a) What is the slope of your model? (Hint: you are looking for a rate!)
b) What is the y-intercept of your model? (Hint: this is also sometimes called the “starting value.”)
c) Write an equation in slope-intercept form expressing the relationship between the number of puppets available for sale and the number of weeks. Make sure to define your variables!
d) Use your equation to predict how many puppets would be available for sale after seven weeks.
e) Use your equation to determine how many weeks it would take Gepetto to fulfill an order for 220 puppets.