Question

You all have been so much help because I am not that good with math, maybe you can also help me with this one, The sales representative here tells you they also have two floor plans available, but they only have 38 homes still for sale.The representative tells you that floor plan one sells for $175,000 and floor plan two sells for $200,000. She also mentions that all the available houses combined are worth $7,200,000. Write an equation that illustrates this situation.

Answer 1

there are two equations that are needed for this problem. first you need to let the reader know that there are 38 houses total. so the first equation is:

x+y=38

now you need to show them how much those are worth. since she tells you how much each is worth, then you just need to multiply that by how many there are and add them together:

(175000)x+(200000)y=7200000