SOLUTION: Here is my problem: Imagine you are in the market for a new home and are interested in a new housing community under construction in a different city. The sales representative inf

Question 466657: Here is my problem: Imagine you are in the market for a new home and are interested in a new housing community under construction in a different city.
The sales representative informs you that there are 56 houses for sale with two floor plans still available. Use x to represent floor plan one and y to represent floor plan two. Write an equation that illustrates the situation. This is what I come up with:
x=56/2 y=56/2
But it doesn't look right to me. Thank you in advance for your help.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here is my problem: Imagine you are in the market for a new home and are interested in a new housing community under construction in a different city.
The sales representative informs you that there are 56 houses for sale with two floor plans still available. Use x to represent floor plan one and y to represent floor plan two. Write an equation that illustrates the situation.
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# of floor plans : x + y = 56
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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