Miguel makes bags. He can make 8 bags with 2 yards of fabric. Write an equation to represent the yards of fabric, x, needed to make a certain numbers of bags, y.

2yrds/8= 9 inches

9 inches are needed to make 1 bag

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exa:

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3+11

14

step-by-step explanation:

from this example, we can see that subtracting with integers is the same as adding the opposite. we can solve using a number line or by using the saying "keep, change, change" to us solve. it is important to remember that we can subtract a negative and end up with a larger number than we started with.