Question

Elizabeth bought lemons (l) and apples (a). Each apple costs 35¢ and each lemon costs 15¢. All together, she bought 17 lemons and apples for $3.95. Which system can be used to determine how many of each she bought?

Answer 1

B.

Explanation:

Each apple costs 35¢ and each lemon costs 15¢. All together, she bought 17 lemons and apples for $3.95. Which system can be used to determine how many of each she bought?

She bought a total of 17 apples and lemons combined.

So the equation that would represent this is,

l + a = 17.

Each apple costs 35¢ and each lemon costs 15¢. All the lemons and apples cost $3.95 togther.

So the equation that would represent this is,

0.15l + 0.35a = $3.95