Question

Alliance Cannery has two assembly lines. One produces 24 cans of fruit per minute; the other produces 64 cans of vegetables per minute. Alliance Cannery just received an order for 384 cans of food, which can be made up of a combination of fruit and vegetables. What two variables can you define to write an equation to match this scenario?

Answer 1

Let
x----------------------- > number of cans of fruit-----------------> 24 per minute
y----------------------- > number of cans of vegetables-------> 64 per minute
z----------------------- > number of cans of food per minute
t----------------------- > time in minutes

z=(x+y)*t
z=(24+64)*t--------------- > 88t
z=88t---------------------------------- > this is the equation required
we know that z=384
then 
384=88t------------- > t=4.36 minutes

Answer 2

Answer:

x = number of minutes for fruit cans and y = number of minutes for vegetable cans

Step-by-step explanation:

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