Question

The grocery store sells kumquats for $4.50 a pound and Asian pears for $3.75 a pound. Write an equation in standard form for the weights of kumquats k and Asian pears p that a customer could buy with $16.

Answer 1

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The grocery store sells kumquats for $4.50 a pound and Asian pears for $3.75 a pound. Write an equation in standard form for the weights of kumquats k and Asian pears p that a customer could buy with $16.

4.50x + 3.75y = 16

Answer 2

The answer to the problem is as follows:

The equation in standard form for the weights of kumquats k and Asian pears p that a customer could buy with would be:

$16 x + y = 16

4.50x + 3.75y = 16

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