Question

A lotion is made from an oil blend costing $1.50 per ounce and glycerin costing $1.00 per ounce. Four ounces of lotion costs $5.50. A table titled Lotion, showing Ounces, Cost per Ounce, and Total. The first row shows, Oil Blend, and has 4 minus g, 1.50, and x. The second row shows Glycerin, and has g, 1.00, and blank. The third row shows, Mixture, and has 4, blank, and 5.50. Which value could replace x on the table? (4 – g) 1.5 (4 – g) + 1.5 4g – g(1.5) (4 – g)g'

Answer 1

Answer:

A=(4-g) 1.5

Step-by-step explanation:

Let g be the amount of glycerin in the lotion.  We know that there are 4 ounces total of lotion; this means that there are 4-g ounces of the oil blend.

The oil blend costs $1.50 per ounce; this gives us the expression (4-g)1.5 for the oil blend.

Answer 2

Answer:

A

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