Question

what situation would leave you with these equations?
5x+y=0 and 5
x+2y=30

Answer 1

what do you mean by situation? like values of x and y?

Answer 2

no , more a like word problem

Answer 3

i dont understand the question....

Answer 4

a word problem but like solving systems of equations , the word problem comes first and then you would write down the equations and solve for x and y. But in my case i need the word problem for a school project.

Answer 5

yea idk still not getting it

Answer 6

um say i ordered 6 pizzas and 5 drinks to equal 60 dollars then later i ordered 3 pizzas and 4 drinks to equal 24 dollars how much is each pizza and drink. ALL this but for the 2 equations i need.

Answer 7

ok so just set up and equation where the 5 in the "5x"" is the price of the number of pizzas you bought, x. and do the same for drinks. them that equation equals the total costs

Answer 8

but what confuses me is the =0