Question

The grocery store sells kumquats for $4.50 a pound and Asian pears for $4.00 a pound. Write an equation in standard form for the weights of kumquats k and Asian pears p that a customer could buy with $12.

Answer 1

Standard form 4.50x+4.00x=12

Answer 2

k = kumquats

p = Asian pears

4.50k + 4.00p= 12