Question

Will has 20 pounds of apples. He makes

2 batches of applesauce that use 4 pounds

each, one batch of apple butter that uses

6 pounds, and he uses 3 pounds to make

juice. Write an equation to represent how

many pounds of apples will has left, p.

Answer 1

Let p represent pounds of apple left.

We have been given that Will makes 2 batches of applesauce that use 4 pounds each. So pounds of apple used in 2 batches of applesauce would be
`2* 4=8` pounds.

Further we are told that Will makes one batch of apple butter that uses 6 pounds, and he uses 3 pounds to make juice. So pounds of apples used in apple butter and juice would be
`6+3=9` pounds.

Total pounds of apples used in all recipes will be
`8+9=17` pounds.

We have been given that Will has 20 pounds of apples. So pounds of apples that Will has left would be 20 pounds minus total pounds of used apples.

`p=20-17`

Therefore, the equation
`p=20-17` represents pounds of apples that Will has left.