Question

A customer at the grocery store purchased 27 apples and an unknown number of bananas. The customer purchased a total of 58 apples and bananas. Write an equation with a variable that represents this situation. Explain your process for determining this equation, then solve for how many bananas the customer purchased

Answer 1

Equation that represents this situation is 27 + B = 58 and number of bananas purchased is 31.

Explanation:

Step 1:

Given the number of apples bought = 27, total number of fruits = 58. Let number of bananas be B. Form an equation based on the above data.

Total number of fruits purchased = Number of apples + Number of bananas

⇒ 27 + B = 58

Step 2:

Find number of bananas using this equation

⇒ B = 58 - 27 = 31