2-3 Additional Vocabulary Support Standard Form
David is making a snack mix from dried fruit and can spend $32. Raisins cost $4
per pound and cranberries cost $6 per pound. He wants to write and graph an
equation to find three combinations of the number of pounds of raisins and
cranberries he can buy.
He wrote steps to solve the problem on note cards but they got mixed up. Help
David by writing the steps in the correct order.
Define the variables. Let x
represent the number of
Write the equation.
Use the graph to pounds of cranberries and
6x + 4y = 32
find a total of
y represent the number of
three
pounds of raisins.
Graph the equation combinations. Find the intercepts.
Interpret the
The intercepts
coordinates of three
represent the number
points on the line: (2,5),
of pounds when only
(4.2), and (5, 0.5).
one dried fruit is used.
1. First
2. Second,
3. Third
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