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Frank buys p pounds of oranges for $2.29 per

pound and the same number of pounds of apples
for $1.69 per pound.
a. What do the coefficients represent?
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b. What do the terms represent?

User Waldemar
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First let's translate these words algebraically and form an equation:

Let oranges be x and apples be y,
2.29x+1.69y

a. coefficients are the constants multiplied by the variable, they represent the price of both oranges and apples.

b. I am assuming that the terms here represent how much he paid for the pounds of oranges and apples he bought in total.

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