Question

The manager of a plant nursery bought 120 lb of soil to use for potting plants. The manager can put 5 lb into each of the small pots and 12 lb into each of the large pots. The manager made a sketch to show the line representing the different combinations of pots that can be used. The x-axis represented the number of small pots and the y-axis represented the number of large pots. The manager labeled only the intercepts.

Which points did the manager label?



(0, 12) and (5, 0)
(0, 10) and (24, 0)
(0, 24) and (10, 0)

(0, 5) and (12, 0)

Answer 1

Set up the equation. The equation is: 5x + 12y = 120. Solve for both variables (x and y). The answer will give you the intercepts.

(0,10) and (24,0) is the final answer.

Answer 2

Yeah the answer is C.