Question

Fiona is serving iced tea and lemonade at a picnic she has only 44 cups in which to serve the drinks if x represents the number of glasses of iced tea and y represents the number of glasses of lemonade which equation represent the number of glasses of iced tea she can serve

Answer 1

Answer: Number of glasses of iced tea is given by

`x=44-y`

Explanation:

Let the number of glasses of iced tea be 'x'.

Let the number of glasses of lemonade be 'y'.

Total number of cups in which to serve the drinks = 44

So, the equation would be

`x+y=44`

We need to find the equation represent the number of glasses of iced tea she can serve.

So, Number of glasses of iced tea is given by

`x=44-y`