A fruit salad is made up of cantaloupe, strawberries, and bananas. If a salad weighing 65 ounces
contains three ounces of bananas for every ounce of strawberries and has the same number of
ounces of cantaloupe as strawberries, how many ounces of bananas are in the salad?
A) 13 ounces B) 39 ounces C) 26 ounces
D) 34 ounces
b = 3s
c = s
s + b + c = 65
s + 3s + s = 65
5s = 65
s = 13
b = 39
c = 13
(B)
Payments Balance
0 14,000
1 13,600
2 13,200
3 12,800
4 12,400
5 12,000
6 11,600
based on the tabel, develop a linear equatiom for the amount of the car loan balance,B (in dollars) as a function of the number of monthly payments,P.
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To solve this problem, we'll need to use the information given and set up a system of equations.
Let's denote the number of ounces of strawberries as "x". According to the given information, the number of ounces of cantaloupe will also be "x", and the number of ounces of bananas will be 3 times "x".
So, the total weight of strawberries would be x ounces, the total weight of cantaloupes would be x ounces, and the total weight of bananas would be 3x ounces.
Since the total weight of the fruit salad is 65 ounces, we can set up an equation:
x + x + 3x = 65
Combining like terms, we get:
5x = 65
To solve for x, we divide both sides of the equation by 5:
x = 65 / 5
x = 13
So, the number of ounces of strawberries is 13. Since there are 3 ounces of bananas for every ounce of strawberries, we can multiply 13 by 3 to find the number of ounces of bananas:
3 * 13 = 39
Therefore, there are 39 ounces of bananas in the salad.
So, the correct answer is B) 39 ounces.