Question

maria makes soup with 24 total ounces of tomatoes [yellow and red]. there are 3 times as many yellow tomatoes as there are red. how many ounces of each tomato does she have.

Answer 1

6oz of red

18oz of yellow

Answer 2

ANS:18 ounces of yellow tomatoes and 6 ounces of red tomatoes.

Let the ounces of yellow tomatoes be x

and the ounces of red tomatoes be y.

Now, it is said that there are 24 total ounces of tomatoes of both yellow and red kinds.

So,we get one equation,

x+y=24 ......(1)

Now,it is said that there are 3 times as many yellow tomatoes as there are red.

So, we get another equation as,

x=3y ....... (2)

Now, substituting the value of x from (2) in (1),we get,

3y+y=24

or,4y=24

or,y=6

Then,from (2) we get,

x=3*6=18

ANSWER:18 ounces of yellow tomatoes and 6 ounces of red tomatoes.