Question

a sales rep informs you that there are 56 houses for sale with two floor plans still available. Use x to represent floor plan 1 and y to represent floor plan 2. write an equation that illsurates the situation.please help me!

Answer 1

you know that each house has its own floor plan, and that floor plan is one of two types

Answer 2

x or y

Answer 3

and you know that there are 56 houses, some of the with the first floor plan, some of them with the second

Answer 4

so x+y = 56