Write, in function machine form, the relationship between the number of elephants (e) and the number of elephants legs (l). a. b. Write your function machine as an algebraic function. l = 4e c. If there are 68 elephant legs, how many elephants are there? So the inverse function machine needed to answer this question is Therefore the number of
Chapter 24, Worked example #4
Write, in function machine form, the relationship between the number of elephants (e) and the number of elephants’ legs (l).
a. 
b. Write your function machine as an algebraic function.
l = 4e
c. If there are 68 elephant legs, how many elephants are there?
So the inverse function machine needed to answer this question is
Therefore the number of elephants is 68 ÷ 4 = 17.
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