Question

Barbara sells iced tea for $1. 49 per bottle and water for $1. 25 per bottle. She wrote an equation to find the number of bottles she needs to sell to earn $100. 1. 25x 1. 49 = 100 What error did Barbara make in writing the equation? Barbara’s equation did not consider the number of bottles of water. Barbara’s equation did not consider the number of bottles of iced tea. Barbara’s equation did not use the correct price for the bottles of iced tea. Barbara's equation did not use the correct total for sales.

Answer 1

The correct option is The Barbara equation did not consider the number of bottles of water.

Given,

The selling price of iced tea is $1.49 per bottle.

The selling price of water is $1.25 per bottle.

Equation written by the Barbara,

$1.25x+1.49=100$

Here in this question Barbara multiply the selling price of bottle with the number of bottle using the coefficient x, But she did not use any coefficient for the bottle of water. The correct equation is,

$1.25x+1.49y=100$

where y is the number of water bottle sold to earn the profit of $100.

Hence the correct option is the Barbara equation did not consider the number of bottles of water.

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