The number of people waiting in a line to buy tickets x minutes after a ticket booth opened is given by the expression 70 minus 5x what does the value 70 represent

70 - 5x

70 represents the number of people originally in line.

Every minute (x value), the number of people waiting in line decreases by 5.

The answer is A. the number of people in the line when the ticket booth opened .

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c=6 They sold a total of 114 cans

Step-by-step explanation: The ratio is 7:12, so last week, he sold 42 cans, meaning that you need to divide 42 by to get 6 in order to figure out the amount Ellen sold last week. Then do 6 times 12 to get 72 cans sold for Ellen. Add 72 to 42 to get 114 cans sold in total.