Question

Lacey picks blueberries and raspberries from her garden. She has 1/5 as many pounds of blueberries as raspberries. If she picks 1 4/5 pounds more blueberries, she will have equal weights of berries. Let x represent the weight of raspberries. Which equations could be used to find the weight of blueberries Lacey has? Choose all the correct answers. Explain why you choose the one(s) you did.

a. (1/5)x - 1 4/5 = x

b. x - 1 4/5 = (1/5)x

c. (1/5)x = x - 1 4/5

d. x + 1 4/5 = (1/5)x - 1 4/5

e. (1/5)x + 1 4/5 = x

f. x = 1 4/5(1/5 + x)

Answer 1

Answer: choice e. x/5 + 1
`(4)/(5)`= x

Explanation:

x = lbs of raspberries

x/5 = lbs of blueberries (there are 1/5 as many pounds of blueberries as raspberries)

x/5 + 1
`(4)/(5)`= x

"1
`(4)/(5)` lbs more blueberries" means that you ADD that to the lbs of blueberries, which is x/5