Question

Nicole and her children went into a grocery store and she bought $6 worth of apples and bananas. Each apple costs $1 and each banana costs $0.50. She bought 4 times as many bananas as apples. By following the steps below, determine the number of apples, x,x, and the number of bananas, y,y, that Nicole bought.

Answer 1

Nicole bought 2 apples and 8 bananas