Question

Chin canned a number of quart jars and a number of pint jars of tomatoes from his garden. A pint is 16 ounces and a quart is 32 ounces. The number of pints he canned is represented by p, and the number of quarts he canned is represented by q. Which equation models the scenario if Chin canned a total of 1,280 ounces?

Answer 1

Chin canned a number of quart jars and a number of pint jars of tomato. She canned total of 40 quarts, now what equation model did Chin used in the scenario 

let’s simplify the problem:
Pint = 16oz
quart = 32oz

what model best show to get 40quarts.
=> p + q = 40
=> 16p + 32q = 40

 the equation model that Chin used to get 40 quarts is p + q.