100−10mDante's goal this year is to read 100 books. The expression above models the number of books Dante has left to read m months after the beginning of the year. Based on the expression, how many books does Dante have left to read after 4 months?
Q. 100−10mDante's goal this year is to read 100 books. The expression above models the number of books Dante has left to read m months after the beginning of the year. Based on the expression, how many books does Dante have left to read after 4 months?
Understand Expression: Understand the expression and what it represents.The expression "100−10m" represents the number of books Dante has left to read after m months. Here, "100" is the initial number of books Dante wants to read, and "10m" is the number of books he reads after m months.
Substitute Given Value: Substitute the given value of m into the expression.Since we want to find out how many books are left after 4 months, we substitute m with 4 in the expression. So we calculate 100−10×4.
Perform Calculation: Perform the calculation.100−10×4=100−40=60Therefore, Dante have left to read 60 books after 4 months.
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