Serena is trying to become more environmentally conscious by making her own cleaning products. She researches different cleaners and decides to make furniture polish using olive oil and lemon juice. Shewants to make enough to fill two 24-ounce bottles.
a. Write an equation in standard form that relates the amount of olive oil and lemon juice to the total amount of mixture Serena wants to make. Use x to represent the amount of lemon juice and y to represent the amount of olive oil.
b. The recommendation for the mixture is that the amount of olive oil be twice the amount of lemon juice. Write an equation in terms of x and y as defined in part (a) that represents this situation. *
c. Use substitution to solve the system of equations. Give the solution as an ordered pair. Check your answer. *
d. What does the solution of the system represent in terms of the mixture?