(I'm so lost with all this algebra so can someone please help me? I have tried to put some answers in so please tell me if any of my answers are wrong and help with the ones left blank).

2. As you are leaving the community, you notice another new community just down the street. Because you are in the area, you decide to inquire about it.

a) The sales representative here tells you they also have two floor plans available, but they only have 38 homes available. Write an equation that illustrates the situation. Use x and y to denote floor plan #1 and floor plan #2 respectively. x+y=38

b) The representative tells you that floor plan #1 sells for $175,000 and floor plan #2 sells for $200,000. She also mentions that all the available houses combined are worth $7,200,000. Write an equation that illustrates this situation. Use the same variables you used in part a. $175,000(x)+$200,000(y)=$7,200,000

c) Use elimination to determine how many houses with each floor plan are available. Explain how you arrived at your answer.

Please help me with this...It needs turned in within an hour, maybe hour and 15 minutes max

Please look at the time when you posted this. That is Eastern Standard Time. 12:31 in EST is 9:31 PST (and others for Central and Mountain) -- most math tutors are offline by 12:31 am EST.

Can someone please help me yet, with these problems? I am still working on them.

I apologize, forgot about time difference

To use the elimination method, we can multiply one or both equations by appropriate constants in order to eliminate one variable. In this case, we'll multiply the first equation by 175,000 to make the coefficients of x in both equations the same.

First, let's write the equations:
1) x + y = 38
2) 175,000x + 200,000y = 7,200,000

Now, we'll multiply the first equation by 175,000:
175,000x + 175,000y = 6,650,000 (equation 3)

We can subtract equation 3 from equation 2 to eliminate the x variable:

(175,000x + 200,000y) - (175,000x + 175,000y) = 7,200,000 - 6,650,000
25,000y = 550,000

To solve for y, divide both sides of the equation by 25,000:
y = 550,000 / 25,000
y = 22

Now, substitute the value of y into equation 1 to find x:
x + 22 = 38
x = 38 - 22
x = 16

Therefore, there are 16 houses with floor plan #1 and 22 houses with floor plan #2 available in the new community.