Question The grocery store sells kumquats for $4.75 a pound and Asian pears for $2.25 a pound. Write an equation in standard form for the weights of kumquats k and Asian pears p that a customer could buy with $22.

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Question The grocery store sells kumquats for $4.75 a pound and Asian pears for $2.25 a pound. Write an equation in standard form for the weights of kumquats k and Asian pears p that a customer could buy with $22.

Answer 1

Let's assume a customer can buy 'k' pounds of kumquats and 'p' pounds of Asian pears with $22.

The cost of 'k' pounds of kumquats can be given as 4.75k.
The cost of 'p' pounds of Asian pears can be given as 2.25p.

According to the statement, the total cost of the purchase is $22. Therefore, the equation that represents this situation can be written as:

4.75k + 2.25p = 22

This is the equation in standard form for the weights of kumquats k and Asian pears p that a customer could buy with $22.