Julia went to the grocery store and purchased cans of soup and frozen dinners. Eack
can of soup has 350 mg of sodium and each frozen dinner has 500 mg of sodium
Julia purchased twice as many cans of soup as frozen dinners and they all collectivel
contain 4800 mg of sodium. Write a system of equations that could be used to
determine the number of cans of soup purchased and the number of frozen dinners
purchased. Define the variables that you use to write the system.

Respuesta :

A system of equations that could be used to  determine the number of cans of soup purchased and the number of frozen dinners  purchased is:

350x + 500y = 4800

y = 2x

Definition of variables

x = number of cans of soup purchased

y = number of frozen dinners purchased.

Simultaneous equations

The system of equations are known as simultaneous equations. Simultaneous equations are group of equations that have to be solved together in order to determine the required values.

Methods used to solve simultaneous equations

  1. Elimination method
  2. Graph method
  3. Substitution method

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