Question

Peaches are being sold for $2 per pound. If x represents the number of pounds of peaches bought and y represents the total cost of the peaches , which best describes the values of x and y

Answer 1

X would be the unit of measure (weight) and Y would be the ammount. In a equation that would be, 2x = y.

Answer 2

The values of both x and y will be greater than or equal to zero.

Explanation:

We are given that

Cost of 1 pound of peaches=$2

If x represents the number of pounds of peaches bought.

Total cost of the peaches represented by y.

We have to find the the values of x and y which describes the best.

To find the total cost of peaches we will multiply the cost of one pound with total number of pounds of peaches.

If cost of 1 pound of peaches=$2

Cost of x pounds of peaches=
`2* x=2x`

Therefore, the total cost of x pounds of peaches,
`y=2x`

Weight of a thing is always greater than 0 or equal to .

The total cost of a thing is always greater than or equal to zero.

Therefore,the values of both x and y will be greater than or equal to zero.