Ming writes a number pattern on a slip of paper and hands it to his friend jack. 24 21 23 20 22 19 21 18 jack writes the next number in the pattern and hands the paper back to ming. what number should jack write?

according to egenuity the answer is

step-by-step explanation:

d. 344.22

answer: first option i.e. 'a' is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

number of minutes to wrap a small gift box = 4 minutes

we need to find the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes

since there is a direct variation, as the number of minutes will increase with   number of gifts to be wrapped.

so, let the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes be x.

so, it becomes,

hence, first option 'a'   is correct.