Complete question :
Samantha sells two types of wristbands, rope or beaded. She charges more for beaded wristbands than for rope wristbands. The amount of money, in dollar's, that she collects from selling x wristbands of one type and y
wristbands of the other type can be modeled by the expression 5x + 8y. What does the variable y represent in this situation?
Answer:
Number of Beaded wristband sold.
Explanation:
Given :
Wristband types
Beaded and Rope
Beaded are more expensive than ropes
The total amount for selling x of one type and y of the other type equals 5x + 8y
In this situation, we expect x and y to represent the number of each of the two types of wristbands sold.
For the variable y with a Coefficient of 8, we can conclude that y is the number of beaded wristbands sold because the the beaded is said to be more expensive than the rope Wristband.
And 8 > 5