To make things easy at her yard sale, Tina has decided to price everything at $2 or $5. The total amount of money Tina will make from the yard sale, P, can then be described with the equation P = 2x + 5y. In this equation, what does the variable y represent?
A.
the number of $2 items sold
B.
the number of $5 items sold
C.
the total profit made from $2 items
D.
the total profit made from $5 items

Question

To make things easy at her yard sale, Tina has decided to price everything at $2 or $5. The total amount of money Tina will make from the yard sale, P, can then be described with the equation P = 2x + 5y.  In this equation, what does the variable y represent?
A.
the number of $2 items sold
B.
the number of $5 items sold
C.
the total profit made from $2 items
D.
the total profit made from $5 items