Question

What two variables can you define to write an equation to match this scenario?x = number of minutes for fruit cans and y = number of minutes for vegetable cansx = total number of minutes and y = total number of cansx = number of minutes for fruit and y = total number of cansx = total number of minutes and y = number of minutes for vegetables

Answer 1

An equation to correctly match this scenario would have to include both separate products. The current order which is 384 cans of food, includes both fruits and vegetables, and therefore any expression that does not include them both would give a wrong answer and the order would not be properly met.

The correct scenario is;

`\begin{gathered} x=Number\text{ of minutes for fruit cans} \\ y=\text{Number of minutes for vegetable cans} \end{gathered}`

This way you can produce both at a maximum without overproducing one and underproducing the other.