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 4.75k + 2.25p = 22
how did you find the answer
To find the equation, you need to consider the prices per pound and the total amount spent on kumquats and Asian pears.
Let's assume the weight of kumquats bought is 'k' pounds and the weight of Asian pears bought is 'p' pounds.
The cost of buying kumquats would be $4.75 multiplied by the weight 'k' (cost of kumquats = 4.75k).
Similarly, the cost of buying Asian pears would be $2.25 multiplied by the weight 'p' (cost of Asian pears = 2.25p).
Since the total amount spent is $22, we can write the equation as:
4.75k + 2.25p = 22