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 bananas Tommy eats and y is the total number of pieces of fruit the monkey eats.

Answer 1

y= 4 + 2x
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Answer 2

y = 4 + 2x

Explanation:

Given,

The number of apples eaten by monkey everyday = 4,

Also, it eats two bananas for every banana that Tommy eats.,

I.e. if x represents the number of bananas Tommy eats,

The number of bananas eaten by monkey = 2x

So, the total number of fruits eaten by monkey = 4 + 2x

If y represents the total number of pieces of fruit the monkey eats,

⇒ y = 4 + 2x

Which is the required equation.