Word problems

Question

Peaches are $2 per pound and mangos are $4 per pound.  Joel brought a total 10 pounds of fruit for $33. How many pounds of each did he get?  Please help work this problem out. 

Answer 1

AS USUAL WITH ANY WORD PROBLEM, BEGIN BY CHOOSING LETTERS TO REPRESENT UNKNOWN QUANTITIES.

 

Let p = # of lbs of Peaches & let m = # lbs of Mangos.

 

Now write the stated VALUE EQUATION:

2p + 4m = 33

 

FINALLY,AND THIS IS YOUR JOB, use the first equation to solve for one of the two variables, and substitute into the other.

 

IT'S YOUR DUTY TO STUDY THIS SETUP PROCESS, which will be useful as a general approach for numerous problems throughout your future mathematics classes.  STRIVE for Self-Sufficiency (this is not rocket science.)