Topic Manipulating Equations and Understanding Thelt Structure NAME
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Practice
Which Variable to Solve for? (Part 1)
1. Priya is buying raisins and almonds to make trail mix. Almonds cost
$5.20 per pound and raisins cost $2.75 per pound. Priya spent $11.70
buying almonds and raisins. The relationship between pounds of almonds
a, pounds of raisins r, and the total cost is represented by the equation
5.200 + 2.75r = 11.70. How many pounds of raisins did Priya buy if she
bought the following amounts of almonds?
a. 2 pounds of almonds
b. 1.06 pounds of almonds
c. 0.64 pounds of almonds
d. a pounds of almonds