Question

A health food store makes trail mix using dried fruit and nuts. The cost of the dried fruit is $2.50 per pound and the cost of the nuts is $2.00 per pound the total cost to make the trail mix is $225. If the total cost can be represented by the equation 2.5x+2y=225 what does the term 2.5x represent?

Answer 1

The term 2.5x represents the fact that the cost of dried fruit is 2.50 per pound, as 2.50 equals 2.5. the x represents the number of pounds bought. does that answer your question?