Answer:

Explanation:
Given:
Bananas cost $1.50 per pound,
Guavas cost $3.00 per pound.
Kiran spends $12 on fruit for a breakfast.
Let b be the number of pounds of bananas Kiran buys.
Let g be the number of pounds of guavas Kiran buys.
Question asked: ( omitted to asked here )
a. Write an equation relating the two variables.
Solution:
Cost of banana per pound = $1.50
Cost of banana for
pound = $1.50
Similarly, Cost of guavas per pound = $3.00
Cost of guavas for
pound = $3.00

Now,
Total money spent on fruits by Kiran = $12
Cost of banana for
pound + Cost of guavas for
pound = $12
The equation will be:-
$1.50
+ $3.00
= $12
