Question

Anthony purchased 6 fruit bars and 3 chocolate-nut bars for a camping trip. he spent $4.12 on the bars. anthony wrote the following equation: 6 x 3 y = 4.12. what did he define as the variable x? cost of a fruit bar cost of a chocolate-nut bar number of fruit bars purchased number of chocolate-nut bars purchased

Answer 1

Assuming the equation Anthony wrote is 6x+3y = 4.12, then x represents the cost of one fruit bar. Then 6x is the cost of 6 fruit bars. That would mean y is the cost of one chocolate-nut bar, and further 3y is the cost of 3 chocolate-nut bars.