Anthony and Joan have $10 to buy apples and oranges at the market. They will buy a total
of 25 pieces of fruit. Apples cost 50 cents each and oranges cost 25 cents each. Which of
these systems best represents this situation?

Anthony and Joan have 10 to buy apples and oranges at the market They will buy a total of 25 pieces of fruit Apples cost 50 cents each and oranges cost 25 cents class=

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The last one

x + y = 25 is the number of pieces of fruit they will buy, where x is apples and y is oranges.

0.50x + 0.25y = 10 applies the cost, in cents, to each piece of fruit. The 10 is 10.00, keeping everything to the same number of decimal places.