Question

At the amusement park, each student is given $16 for food. This covers the cost of 2meals plus $4 for snacks. How much money does the school expect each student to spend per meal? Which equation could be used to represent this situation?

Answer 1

So 'm' represents the cost of a meal, since the student is expected to buy 2 of them, the coefficient on the 'm' is 2. They are also budgeted $4 for snacks, so the total amount of money they can spend is 2 meals + $4 for snacks, which cannot be greater than 16. 

2m+4=16.

m=6 dollars