For a class fundraiser, students are selling flowers and cactuses. Flowers cost $1.50 more than cactuses. The class sells 55 flowers. (a) Define variables and write an equation for the amount of money M raised from the sale of flowers in terms of the cost of a cactus C. (b) For each variable circle the quantity word and underline the units. (c) If the class earned $330 from the sale of flowers, what variable has a value of 330? ________ (d) What new equation do you get when you substitute this value into the equation you created? _____________ (e) Write the new equation below and solve it. (f) Give a sentence in everyday English (no math word besides numbers) explaining the meaning of this solution
For a class fundraiser, students are selling flowers and cactuses. Flowers cost $1.50 more than cactuses. The class sells 55 flowers.
(a) Define variables and write an equation for the amount of money M raised from the sale of flowers in terms of the cost of a cactus C.
(b) For each variable
(c) If the class earned $330 from the sale of flowers, what variable has a value of 330? ________
(d) What new equation do you get when you substitute this value into the equation you created? _____________
(e) Write the new equation below and solve it.
(f) Give a sentence in everyday English (no math word besides numbers) explaining the meaning of this solution.
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