Mike and his friends bought cheese wafers for $2 per packet and chocolate wafers for $1 per packet at a carnival. They spent a t
otal of $25 to buy a total of 20 packets of wafers of the two varieties. Part A: Write a system of equations that can be solved to find the number of packets of cheese wafers and the number of packets of chocolate wafers that Mike and his friends bought at the carnival. Define the variables used in the equations. (5 points)
Part B: How many packets of chocolate wafers and cheese wafers did they buy? Explain how you got the answer and why you selected a particular method to get the answer. (5 points)
We have to calculate the distance if we apply the speed formula that would be the distance in a given time:
v = d / t
therefore, if we solve for distance it would be:
d = v * t
Now the speed is 6 km / h but the time must be calculated, it leaves at 9:15 and returns at 10:05, that is, there is no exact time but 50 minutes, one hour equals 60 minutes, therefore:
50 min * 1 h / 60 min = 0.833 h, that is, the child took 0.833 hours to get to school, now if we replace:
d = 6 * 0.8333
d = 5
In other words, the distance between the school and the house is 5 km.
