Question

Ella wants to buy forks and spoons for her new house. Forks cost 1$ each and spoons cost 4$ each. She spent 50$ and bought 20 items in total. Which equations represent this word problem?

Answer 1

50 = 1(x) + 4(y)

Explanation:

I'm not too sure about this answer, its more of a guess but I hope this helped :)!

X = amount of forks bought

y = amount of spoons bought