Question

To make things easy at her yard sale, Tina has decided to price everything at $2 or $5. The total amount of money Tina will make from the yard sale, P, can then be described with the equation P = 2x + 5y. In this equation, what does the variable y represent?

A. the number of $2 items sold
B. the number of $5 items sold
C. the total profit made from $2 items
D. the total profit made from $5 items

Answer 1

B.

Explanation:

If the total amount of money that Tina will make from the yard sale is

P = 2x+5y, then it will be the sum of all articles of $2 and $5 that she sold. Now, the amount of money of $2 articles will be P1 = 2x where x is the number of items sold that cost $2. Also, the amount of money of $5 articles will be P2 = 5y where y is the number of items sold that cost $5.

Then, the answer is B. the number of $5 items sold.

Answer 2

The correct answer among all the other choices is B. the number of $5 items sold. In this equation, the variable y represent the number of $5 items sold. Thank you for posting your question. I hope this answer helped you. Let me know if you need more help.