Question

The fabulous fish market orders tilapia, which costs $3 per pound, and salmon, which costs $5 per pound. The market budgets $210 to spend on this order each day

1.) What are five different combinations of salmon and tilapia that the market can order

Answer 1

Answer:Your answer is..

Step-by-step explanation:(10,36), (15,33), (20,30), (25,27) and (30,24)

Answer 2

10 pounds of tilapias and 36 pounds of salmon,

15 pounds of tilapias and 33 pounds of salmon,

20 pounds of tilapias and 30 pounds of salmon,

25 pounds of tilapias and 27 pounds of salmon,

30 pounds of tilapias and 24 pounds of salmon.

Explanation:

Let's call the amount of pounds of tilapia X and the amount of pounds of salmon Y.

If each pound of tilapia costs $3 and each pound of salmon costs $5, we can write the following equation:

210 = 3X + 5Y

To find five different combinations to solve this equation, we can choose values for X and then calculate values of Y.

So, for X = 10, we have that:

210 = 30 + 5Y -> Y = 36

For X = 15, we have that:

210 = 45 + 5Y -> Y = 33

For X = 20, we have that:

210 = 60 + 5Y -> Y = 30

For X = 25, we have that:

210 = 75 + 5Y -> Y = 27

For X = 30, we have that:

210 = 90 + 5Y -> Y = 24

So the combinations are (10,36), (15,33), (20,30), (25,27) and (30,24)