For a camping trip a group bought x one-liter bottles of water and y three-liter bottles of water, for a

Question

For a camping trip a group bought x one-liter bottles of water and y three-liter bottles of water, for a total of 240 liters of water. Which equation represents this situation?

Accepted Answer

Choice A is correct. It's given that for a camping trip a group bought x one-liter bottles of water and y three-liter bottles of water. Since the group bought x one-liter bottles of water, the total number of liters bought from x one-liter bottles of water is represented as 1 x , or x . Since the group bought y three-liter bottles of water, the total number of liters bought from y three-liter bottles of water is represented as 3 y . It's given that the group bought a total of 240 liters; thus, the equation x + 3 y = 240 represents this situation. Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual errors. Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual errors. Choice D is incorrect. This equation represents a situation where the group bought x three-liter bottles of water and y one-liter bottles of water, for a total of 240 liters of water.

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