a. The sales representative informs you that there is a total of 96 houses for sale. Of these 96, some have one floor plan while the others have a different floor plan. Use x to represent floor plan one and y to represent floor plan two. Write an equation that illustrates the situation.

- a total of 96 houses for sale

- Use x to represent number of houses with floor plan one
- y to represent number of houses with floor plan two

What do you think x+y represents?

96=x+y

x= 96/2
y=96/2

To write an equation that represents the situation, we need to define the variables and their relationships. Let's denote the number of houses with floor plan one as x and the number of houses with floor plan two as y.

The total number of houses for sale is given as 96. This means that the sum of houses with floor plan one and floor plan two should equal 96. Therefore, the equation can be written as:

x + y = 96

This equation represents the relationship between the two floor plans and the total number of houses.