Question

Fiona is serving iced tea and lemonade at a picnic. She has only 44 cups in which to serve the drinks. If x represents the number of glasses of iced tea and y represents the number of glasses of lemonade, which equation represents the number of drinks she can serve? A. x – y = 44 B. 44 + y = x C. y – x = 44 D. x = 44 – y

Answer 1

The total number of cups of drinks to be served is the sum of the glasses of iced tea, x, and the number of glasses of lemonade, y. With the representation that have been assigned to us, the equation that best represents the given is,
x + y = 44
Thus, the answer is letter D. x = 44 - y.