Jennifer is painting an office complex. One wing has a large reception area with several equal-sized offices. Before painting, s
he must put tape on the baseboards. The amount of tape needed is given by the equation, y=12x+25 where y is total number of meters of tape, and x is the number of offices.
Are you trying to find how many meters of tape or how many offices? If it's how many meters of tape plug in the amount of offices for x then just solve for y. If it's how many offices plug in the number for meters of tape for y then solve for x.