Asupermarket finds that the number of boxes of a new cereal sold increases each week. in the first week, only 26 boxes of the cereal were sold. in the next week, 57 boxes of the cereal were sold and in the third week 88 boxes of the cereal were sold. the number of boxes of cereal sold each week represents an arithmetic sequence. what is the explicit rule for the arithmetic sequence that defines the number of boxes of cereal sold in week n?

If the pattern goes 26, 57, 88 you can find the difference between each number to see how much it's going up by each time. 57 - 26 = 31 and 88 - 57 = 31

That means each week the number of boxes of a new cereal increases by 31, or +31

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.