Mints cost 5 cents each and gumballs cost 3 cents each. Kathleen spent 60 cents buying x mints and y gumballs. Write an equation in stand form that represents all the different combinations of mints and gumballs that Kathleen might have purchased.
5x+3y=60
Change the equation to slope-intercept form.
No, you do that. Just solve for y.
What do you get?
To write an equation in standard form that represents the different combinations of mints and gumballs, we can use the information provided.
Let's assign variables to represent the number of mints and gumballs purchased. We'll use "x" for the mints and "y" for the gumballs.
A mint costs 5 cents each, so the total cost of the mints will be 5x cents.
Similarly, a gumball costs 3 cents each, so the total cost of the gumballs will be 3y cents.
According to the given information, Kathleen spent a total of 60 cents buying the mints and gumballs. Therefore, the equation can be written as:
5x + 3y = 60
This equation represents all the different combinations of mints and gumballs that Kathleen might have purchased.