Question

Ava needs 2 pounds of vegetables for her party. She already has 14 pound of carrots and 12 pound of broccoli. Drag weights of vegetables she can add to the vegetables she already has to make exactly 2 pounds.

Answer 1

She can have - 2 pounds of carrot and 0 pounds of broccoli, 0 pounds of carrot and 2 pounds of broccoli, 1 pound of carrot and 1 pound of broccoli

Explanation:

We are given that,

Amount of vegetable she has already purchased are,

Carrots = 14 pounds

Broccoli = 12 pounds

It is required that she needs exactly 2 pounds of the vegetables for the party.

So, the possible amounts of the vegetables she can have are given by the table,

Total Pounds Carrots (pounds) Broccoli (pounds)

2 2 0

2 0 2

2 1 1