Mark and Nancy are making punch for a party and are using two types of juice: pineapple and papaya. The total number of quarts must be more than 9 but less than 15. They should use at least 4 quarts of each type. We want to find out how many quarts of each juice they should buy.

Pick one ordered pair solution for this problem and tell what each number represents. HELP PLEASE !

Question

Mark and Nancy are making punch for a party and are using two types of juice: pineapple and papaya. The total number of quarts must be more than 9 but less than 15. They should use at least 4 quarts of each type. We want to find out how many quarts of each juice they should buy.

Pick one ordered pair solution for this problem and tell what each number represents. HELP PLEASE !

anonymous · Answer

first, pick your variables to represent pineapple and papaya (e.g. x and y).
then try to write a formula for each sentence in the problem.