document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=799459>Question 799459</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Apples sell for $1.90 per pound, and bananas sell for $0.75 per pound. Troy bought some apples and some bananas. Together they weighed 3.8 pounds, and cost $5.84.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let p represent the number of pounds of apples Troy purchased. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Which equation represents the problem described here?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " A. –1.15p + 2.85 = 5.84<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " B. 1.15p + 2.85 = 5.84<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " C. 1.15p + 2.85 = 3.8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " D. 1.9p + 0.75 = 3.8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #482697 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=482697\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You would first develop a system of two equations in two variables.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x count pounds apples<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y count pounds bananas\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y=3.8 accounts for pounds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.9x+0.75y=5.84 accounts for cost.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the pounds equation to substitute either for x or for y, into the cost equation, simplify, and see what matches.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "TRYING WHAT I SAID:-----------------------------------------\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2By=3.8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2By=3.8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, gives <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=3.8-x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=3.8-x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now substitute this formula for y into the cost equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.9x%2B0.75%283.8-x%29=5.84 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.9x%2B0.75%283.8-x%29=5.84\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.9x%2B0.75%2A3.8-0.75x=5.84 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.9x%2B0.75%2A3.8-0.75x=5.84\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.15x%2B2.85=5.84 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.15x%2B2.85=5.84\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So what does this match among your choices? </SPAN>\n" );
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