Question

The grocery store sells kumquats for $4.50 a pound and Asian pears for $2.50 a pound. Write an equation in standard form for the weights of kumquats k and Asian pears p that a customer could buy with $12.

Answer 1

$4.50 = 1 pound of kumquats
$2.50 = 1 pound of Asian pears

Let k = kumquats weight bought with $12
Let A = Asian pears weight bought with $12

So the this gives us;


12 = 4.50k + 2.50A