Question

jeff ordered walnuts and almonds for his bakery. He ordered a total of twenty-five pounds of these ingridients. Walnuts cost $5 per pound, and almonds cost $10 per pound. He spent a total of $150. Write a system of equations that describe the situation. Let X represent punds of Walnuts and Y represent pounds of almonds jeff bought.

Answer 1

The first equation would be, x+y=25. The second equation would be 5x+10y=150. When dealing with money you need to attach the value of the money to the variables