Question

caroline bought 3 eye shadows and 4 lipsticks and paid a total of 39.53 write an equation to represent this situation assuming each eye shadow cost 4.79 how much did caroline pay for each lipstick

Answer 1

The equation used to represent the situation is 3x + 4y = 39.53, and Caroline spent 6.29 per lipstick.

Step-by-step explanation:

We will use x for eyeshadow and y for lipstick.

The equation would be: 3x + 4y = 39.53

3(4.79) + 4y = 39.53

14.37 + 4y = 39.53

14.37 - 14.37 + 4y = 39.53 - 14.37

4y = 25.16

4y / 4 = 25.16 / 4

y = 6.29

Check.

3x + 4y = 39.53

3(4.79) + 4(6.29) = 39.53

39.53 = 39.53

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