Question

Omas is making trail mix using granola and walnuts. He can spend a total of $12 on the ingredients. He buys 3 pounds of granola that costs $2.00 per pound. The walnuts cost $6 per pound. He uses the equation to represent the total cost, where x represents the number of pounds of granola and y represents the number of pounds of walnuts. He solves the equation for y, the number of pounds of walnuts he can buy.

Answer 1

Explanation:

1+2=3

Answer 2

Omas can buy 1 pound of walnuts.

Explanation:

From the information given, you can say that the total cost would be equal to the result of multiplying the price per pound of granola for the number of pounds of granola plus the result of multiplying the price per pound of walnuts for the number of pounds of walnuts, which would be:

Total cost=2x+6y, where

x is the number of pounds of granola

y is the number of pounds of walnuts

Now, you can replace the values on the formula and solve for y:

12=(2*3)+6y

12=6+6y

6=6y

y=1

According to this, the answer is that Omas can buy 1 pound of walnuts.