8 maybe? I’m really not sure but I just did 5x1.6
Given, Customers pay $4 to enter the pumpkin patch.
And also given, customers pay $3 per pound for the pumpkins.
Given, $y be the total cost and there are x pounds of pumpkins.
The cost for pumpkin per pound = $3.
Therefore, the cost for x pound pumpkins = $(3x)
As the total cost includes the payment for entering the patch also,
So the total cost y = 3x + 4
We have got the required equation.
The equation to model the total cost is y = 3x+4.
This situation can be represented by
y = 33x + 223
y = 32x + 239
I still like substitution, so let’s plug in 33x + 223 into the second equation
33x + 223 = 32x + 239
Move the terms into appropriate sides
33x - 32x = 239 - 223
Combine like terms
x = 16
Then plug in x for any equation
y = 32(16) + 239
y = 751
Erin will have to swim 16 laps for a total of 751 meters
