Question

Dara spends $16 on tubes of paint and disposable brushes for an art project. Each tube of paint costs $3, and each disposable brush costs $.50. Kara purchases twice as many brushes as tubes of paint. Find the number of brushes and the number of tubes of paint that she purchases.

Use the equations below to find your answers. Show your work.
x = tubes of paint
y= disposable brushes
x + .5y = 16
y = 2x

Answer 1

Answer: There are 4 tubes of paint she purchased.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Amount spend on tubes of paint and brushes for an art project = $16

Cost of each tube of paint = $3

Cost of each brush = $0.50

Let the price of tube of paint be 'x'.

Let the price of brush be '2x'.

So, According to question, it becomes,

Answer 2

I could figure out but I am not going to sorry:(