Sylvia is carrying two bags of potatos, bag a and bag b. the weight of bag b is 3 pounds more than twice the weight of both bags of potatoes is 27 pounds. find the weight of each bag of potatos

Hello!

There are two bags:

you write: "the weight of bag B is 3 pounds more than twice the weight of both bags of potatoes is 27 pounds."

this has no sense, I think you want to write something like:

"The weight of bag B is 3 pounds more than the weight of bag A, and twice the weight of both bags of potatoes is 27 pounds.

If we define B as the wheight of bag B, and A as the wight of bag A; we know that:

B - A = 3lb

2( B + A) = 27lb

in the first equation we can isolate B as: B = 3lb + A, and then replace it in the second equation:

2(B+ A) =27lb

2( (3lb + A) + A) = 27lb

6lb + 3A = 27lb

3A = 27lb - 6lb = 21lb

A= 21lb/3 = 7lb

now we can replace it in the first equation and get:

B - A = 3lb

B - 7lb = 3lb

B = 3lb + 7lb = 10lb

Then Bag A weights 7lb and bag B weights 10lb.

answer: c, the green line

step-by-step explanation:

there is no black line, eliminate b.

simple interest implies periodic payments, but the red line shows no payments, eliminate d.

simple interest has equal payments. if paid say every day, the graph is about a straight line (actually a stairstep).

the yellow line is not straight, eliminate a.

check: the green line is straight, answer is c.

simple interest with positive interest rate gives a straight line sloping up to the right. green line:

g(t) = $100 + ($200-$100) ÷ (20 years) × (t years)

= $100 + (4%/year) × ($100)(t years)

incidentally, the yellow line curving upward represents continuously compounded interest

y = $100 × 2^(t years / (14 assuming the yellow line hits $200 at 14 years. 2^0 is 1, so y(0) = $100; 2^(14/14) is 2, so y(14) = $200.