Be creative and try to write a situation that can relate to real life. write and solve the equation, showing your work. if your answer doesn't make any sense, you might want to change the numbers.
possible topics: • games • studying • running/walking • shopping • earning money • cooking • collecting items • working • playing sports • reading \

Tomas is making trail mix using granola and walnuts. he can spend a total of $12 on the ingredients. he buys 3 pounds of granola that costs $2.00 per pound. the walnuts cost $6 per pound. he uses the equation to represent the total cost, where x represents the number of pounds of granola and y represents the number of pounds of walnuts. he solves the equation for y, the number of pounds of walnuts he can buy. answer- b tomas added 6 to both sides of the equation instead of subtracting 6. just took the test