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Question

Otto used 5.5 cups of whole wheat flour and x cups of white flour in the recipe. What is the equation that can be used to find the value of y, the total amount of flour that Otto used in the recipe, and what are the constraints on the values of x and y

Answer 1

Hi Jalisa,

The problem is asking for y, the total amount of flour used. Since he used x cups of white flour and 5.5 cups of whole wheat flour, then y = x + 5.5.

As for the constraints, x is the number of cups of white flour, which in practice would be limited but in this problem, there are no limitations put so [0, infiniti).

For y, the total amount of flour, it would have to be at least 5.5 cups. So y: [5.5, infiniti).

Good luck!

Amanda