Question

Which of the following situations can be solved by using the equation 5t=175? Choose the TWO correct answers.

A. An elephant eats 5 tons of food every day. After t number of days, the elephant will have eaten 175 tons of food.

B. Thomas won $175 in a contest. He decided to give his sister $5, and now Thomas has t dollars left from his winnings.

C. It takes Martinez t number of minutes to grade one math test. If Martinez has 5 tests to grade, he will work for total of 175 minutes.

D. Mary's bookshelf can hold a total of 175 books. Mary has 5 books on the top shelf, so she will be able to fit t number of books on the bottom shelf.

E. A painter is calculating the amount of paint he used on a project. He knows that he used 5 gallons of paint everyday for 175 days, so he used a total of t gallons of paint.

Please answer quick

Answer 1

I choose c only because I have to answer a question for me to ask one so yea

Answer 2

A, and C

Explanation:

When looking at questions like these, we want to look for a variable in the word problem when there is one in the equation. In a word problem variables usually follow words like every. The variable in answer choice A would be when it says "An elephant eats 5 tons of food every day". In C the the number of min is reverse multiplies by the number of tests.