But you can buy licorice for $.75 sticks and Cherry candies $.50 and has a budget of $25. if her expenses are represented by the equation 0.75x + 0.5y=25. where x is the number of licorice sticks and y is the number of cherry candies, how many cherry candies can she buy if she wishes to spend the entire $25 on cherry candies?

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Camden Horn

4 November, 06:24

But you can buy licorice for $.75 sticks and Cherry candies $.50 and has a budget of $25. if her expenses are represented by the equation 0.75x + 0.5y=25. where x is the number of licorice sticks and y is the number of cherry candies, how many cherry candies can she buy if she wishes to spend the entire $25 on cherry candies?

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Bridget Ayala · Answer 1

0.75x + 0.5y = 25 ... she wishes to spend it all on cherry candies (y) ... so we sub in 0 for x.

0.75 (0) + 0.5y = 25

0 + 0.5y = 25

0.5y = 25

y = 25/0.5

y = 50 <===