You are participating in a local fundraising activity and have been assigned to handle the donations and income for the car wash. Your goal is to get enough cars and trucks through the car wash today to raise $785.
Define a variable for the cars and a variable for the trucks. Then, write an equation that models this situation if the cost of a car wash is $3 and the cost to wash a truck is $5. Include your variable definitions.

Question

You are participating in a local fundraising activity and have been assigned to handle the donations and income for the car wash. Your goal is to get enough cars and trucks through the car wash today to raise $785.
Define a variable for the cars and a variable for the trucks.  Then, write an equation that models this situation if the cost of a car wash is $3 and the cost to wash a truck is $5.  Include your variable definitions.

anonymous · Answer

(T*5)+(C*3) = G
T = trucks
C = Cars
G = total amount

anonymous · Answer

is this the equation ?