Question

Jason counts the $1 bills and $5 bills in his wallet, and finds that he has $46 total.
You can write an equation in standard form to describe this situation.
In your equation, let 𝑥 represent the number of $1 bills and let 𝑦 represent the number of $5 bills.

What values will you use for 𝐴, 𝐵, and 𝐶 in the equation 𝐴𝑥+𝐵𝑦=𝐶?

what i have is 1x+ 5y= 46

whats is y?

Answer 1

1x + 5y = 46

Answer 2

oh you just put it in

Answer 3

You can isolate y but in order to get the actual value, you need another equation using those same variables.