Question

20-POINTS-Andrew is going shopping for shoes and hoodies. Hoodies cost one-fourth the price of a pair of shoes. If he has $250 to spend , write the equation representing his shopping scenario in Standard form.

Answer 1

• kx + 4ky = 250

Explanation:

• Hoodies bought = x
• Shoes bought = y
• Sum = 250
• The cost difference 4 times

Let hoodies cost be k, then pit of shoes cost 4k

Equation to reflect the shopping scenario

• kx + 4ky = 250