Question

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With all this rain Susan is having a pest problem in her house. She goes to a hardware store with $30. She sees that nt traps are $3.50 a plece and fly tape s $1.25 for a spool. Write an equation that represents her trip to the store where x is the number of fly tapes she purchases and y is the number of ant traps.

Answer 1

3.5 y + 1.25 x = 30

Explanation:

she can buy x number of fly tapes and y number of ant traps. this amount has to be less or equal to the $30 that she has brought along.

3.5 y + 1.25 x ≤ 30

this is an equality.

since it asks for an equation, 3.5 y + 1.25x = 30