Question

You have a part time job at The Nut House which sells peanuts for $2 a pound and cashews for $5 a pound. During one day the sales for both peanuts and cashews totaled $40.00.



1. Let x represent the number of pounds of peanuts. Write an expression representing the cost of peanuts sold.


2. Let y represent the number of pounds of cashews. Write an expression representing the cost of cashews sold.


3. Write an equation in Standard form showing the possible combination of peanuts and cashews sold in one day totaling $40.00.

Answer 1

2x + 5y = 40

Answer 2

that's for 3

Answer 3

1. x = # of lbs. of peanuts added
2. y = # of lbs. of cashews added.

Then the cost of all the peanuts is 2x and the cost of all the cashews is 5y.

Answer 4

3. 2x + 5y = 40

Answer 5

does this help

Answer 6

Yes a lot... My teacher wouldn't help me!