Question

Tommy has a pet monkey .Every day , his monkey eats 4 apples in the morning.the monkey also eats two bananas for every banana that tommy eats .

Write an equation to describe this situation where x is the number of banana tommy eats and y is the total number of pieces of fruit the monkey eats

Answer 1

4+2x=y
the monkey will always eat 4 apples hence the 4 at the beginning. it also eats 2 bananas for every banana Tommy eats hence the 2x. all of those added together tells you how many total fruits were eaten