Question

Susheila is making a large batch of granola to sell at a school fundraiser. She needs to buy walnuts and almonds to make the granola. Walnuts cost $3 per pound and almonds cost $2 per pound. She has $30 to spend on these ingredients.

Answer 1

Answer:

The needed equation is:   3 x + 2 y = 20

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, the given question is incomplete.

Susheila is making a large batch of granola to sell at a school fundraiser.

She needs to buy walnuts and almonds to make the granola. Walnuts cost  $3 per pound, and almonds cost $2 per pound. She has $30 to spend on  these ingredients.

a. Write an equation that represents the different amounts of walnuts, x,

and almonds, y, that Susheila can buy.

Here, as given in the question:

The cost of per round of walnuts  = $3

⇒The cost of buying x  rounds of walnuts  = x ( cost of 1 round of walnuts)

                                                                       =  x (3) = 3 x

The cost of per round of almonds  = $2

⇒The cost of buying y rounds of almonds  = y ( cost of 1 round of almonds)

                                                                       =  y (2) = 2 y

So, the total cost of buying x rounds of walnuts + y rounds of almonds

= Cost of x rounds of walnuts + cost of y rounds of almonds

=  3 x + 2 y

Also, the amount she can spend on ingredients = $30.

So, the needed equation is:

3 x + 2 y = 20