Barbara sells iced tea for $1.49 per bottle and water for $1.25 per bottle. She wrote an equation to find the number of drinks s

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Fynjy0 [20]

3 years ago

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Barbara sells iced tea for $1.49 per bottle and water for $1.25 per bottle. She wrote an equation to find the number of drinks s

he needs to sell to earn $100.
1.25x + 1.49 = 100

What error did Barbara make in writing the equation?

Mathematics

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Oksana_A [137] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-08T05:05:37+03:00

Oksana_A [137]3 years ago

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The way she put it implies that she will sell many water bottles and only one iced tea. the correct equation would be 1.25x+1.49y=100, as she may sell different amounts of each.