Question

Andre is buying snacks for the track and field team. He buys a pound's of apricots for $6 per pound and b pounds of dried bananas for $4 per pound he buys a total of 5 pounds of apricots and dried bananas and spends a total of $24.50 Which system of equations represents the constraints in the situation?

Answer 1

Answer: C

Explanation:

Answer 2

a + b = 5 ...........1

6a + 4b = 24.50 ......... 2

Explanation:

Let a be the amount of pounds of apricot bought

Let b be the amount of pounds of banana bought

If he buys a total pounds of 5 pounds then;

a + b = 5 ...........1

Also if a pound's of apricots for $6 per pound, total amount of aprciots bought will be $6a

Also if b pound's of banana is for $4 per pound, total amount of banana bought will be $4b

If he spends a total of $24.50 on both banana and apricots, then:

6a + 4b = 24.50 ......... 2

The system of equations that represents the constraints in the situation is:

a + b = 5 ...........1

6a + 4b = 24.50 ......... 2