Q:

A small child is at a candy store, eager to spend his $1 allowance on candy. His two favorite candies are priced at $0.05 and $0.10, respectively. If the child is intent on spending his entire allowance on candy, which of the following represents a standard form equation that describes this situation?A. 0.05x+0.10y=1.00B. 0.10x-0.05y=1.00C. 5x+10y=100.00D. x+2y=20.00

Accepted Solution

A:
while both a and c work the most likely answer that they want would be A because it represent the cents already and it shows all possible ways that those two values can be split among 1 dollar