Question

Fatima has a total of $8 to spend to make fruit smoothies. She plans on spending all of the money and will use two types of fruit. Mango cost $0.50 per cup and strawberries cost $1.00 per cup. Write an equation for this situation.

Answer 1

To write an equation for Fatima's situation, we consider the cost of mango and strawberries. The equation would be 0.50x + 1.00y = 8.

Step-by-step explanation:

To write an equation for Fatima's situation, we need to consider the total amount of money she has and the cost of each type of fruit.

If we assume Fatima buys x cups of mango and y cups of strawberries.

The cost of mango is $0.50 per cup, so the total cost of mango would be 0.50x. Similarly, the cost of strawberries is $1.00 per cup, so the total cost of strawberries would be 1.00y. Since the total amount Fatima has to spend is $8, we can write the equation:

0.50x + 1.00y = 8

Answer 2

0.5x+y= 8---------------1

Step-by-step explanation:

Given data

let the mango be x

and strawberries be y

So the equation for the cost is

`0.5x+y= 8---------------1`