Respuesta :
Answer:
[tex]\begin{cases}w+b=30 \\ 3w+1.5b=63\end{cases}[/tex]Solution: w = 12 , b = 18
Explanation:
Part A;
Let us call
w = # of lb of gummy worms
b = # of lb of gummy bears
We are told that one point of gummy worms costs $3, meaning w pounds cost 3 *w. Moreover, one pound of gummy worms costs $1.5, meaning b pounds ost 1.5 * b.
The total worth of the gummies is $63; therefore,
[tex]3w+1.5b=63[/tex]Also, we know that the total number of pounds of gummies is 30 pounds; therefore,
[tex]w+b=30[/tex]Hence, we have the system
[tex]\begin{cases}w+b=30 \\ 3w+1.5b=63\end{cases}[/tex]Part B:
To solve the system given above, we first solve for w in the first equation.
[tex]w+b=30[/tex][tex]\rightarrow w=30-b[/tex]We put the value of the w given above into the second equation to get
[tex]\begin{gathered} 3w+1.5b=63 \\ \rightarrow3(30-b)+1.5b=63 \end{gathered}[/tex][tex]=90-3b+1.5b=63[/tex][tex]90-1.5b=63[/tex]subtracting 90 from both sides gives
[tex]-1.5b=-27[/tex]Finally, dividing both sides by -1.5 gives
[tex]\boxed{b=18}[/tex]With the value of b in hand, we now put it into w + b = 30 and solve for w to get
[tex]w+18=30[/tex][tex]w=30-18[/tex][tex]\boxed{w=12}[/tex]Hence, the solution to the system is w = 12, b = 18.