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The movie theater sold p bags of popcorn and n nachos last night. Popcorn sells for x dollars and nachos sell for y dollars. What is the best interpretation of the following equation in everyday language?

2y = x

The cost of a bag of popcorn is 2 times the cost of nachos.

The cost of nachos is 2 times the cost of a bag of popcorn.

The cost of a bag of popcorn is 2 dollars more than the cost of nachos.

The number of nachos sold is 2 times the number of bags of popcorn sold.

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The movie theater sold p bags of popcorn and n nachos last night. Popcorn sells for x dollars and nachos sell for y dollars. What is the best interpretation of the following equation in everyday language?

2y = x

    The cost of a bag of popcorn is 2 times the cost of nachos.

    The cost of nachos is 2 times the cost of a bag of popcorn.

    The cost of a bag of popcorn is 2 dollars more than the cost of nachos.

    The number of nachos sold is 2 times the number of bags of popcorn sold.

calculusxy · Answer

2y is a coefficient stating '2 times the value of y'. If 'y' stands for nachos and the '=' sign means 'same'. Then what do you think it will be?

anonymous · Answer

shouldnt it still be 2 or would it turn into a 4

calculusxy · Answer

Well it states '2 times the value of y'. If that's the case, then you can't be sure that it will equal to 4.