Question

Jolie uses 1.5 tomatoes every day to prepare her salad. If x equals the number of tomatoes Jolie had before she made her salad and z equals the number of tomatoes left after the salad is made, which equation represents the number of tomatoes Jolie has after she made her salad?
x = 1.5 − z
z = 1.5 − x
z = x − 1.5
x = z − 1.3

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is the third choice, z = x - 1.5

Step-by-step explanation:

x is the number of tomatoes she has before making the salad.

She uses 1.5 tomato to make a salad.

That means you need to subtract 1.5 tomatoes from the original number of tomatoes, x.

The number of tomatoes after making the salad is x - 1.5

We are told that the number of tomatoes left after making the salad is z, so z musty equal x - 1.5

z = x - 1.5

The correct answer is the third choice.