Eric has a gift card to his favorite restaurant. every tuesday he has the same meal at the restaurant. this table shows the balance of money in dollars left on eric’s gift card at different times. time (weeks) 2, 4 ,6 ,8 balance ($) 125, 100, 75, 50 what is the equation that represents eric’s gift card balance, where x represents the time and y represents the balance?

Mason and christian go to the movie theater and purchase refreshments for their friends. mason spends a total of $45.75 on 3 bags of popcorn and 6 drinks. christian spends a total of $71.50 on 6 bags of popcorn and 4 drinks. write a system of equations that can be used to find the price of one bag of popcorn and the price of one drink. using these equations, determine and state the price of a drink, to the nearest cent.