Question

Suppose 7 quesadillas is 49 dollars and 2 mexican burritos are 10 dollars. Find the price of 1 quesadilla and 10 mexican burritos. Explain how you set up this algebraic expression.

Answer 1

1 quesadilla is 7 dollars and 10 burritos are 50 dollars

Explain:

49/7 is 7, so each quesadilla is 7 dollars. Also, 10/2 is 5 dollars, so each burrito is 5 dollars.

Answer 2

17$

Explanation:

quesadillas =x

burritos =y

7x =49 $

x=49 :7

x=7$cost a quesadillas

2 y =10$

y=10 :2

y=5$cost a burrito

x+10y

7 +2×5

17 $cost 1 quesadilla and 10 burritos