Question

Fiona is serving iced tea and lemonade at a picnic. She has only 44 cups in which to serve the drinks. If x represents the number of glasses of iced tea and y represents the number of glasses of lemonade, which equation represents the number of glasses of iced tea she can serve?

Answer 1

x =44-y... Here's your answer....take away the number of glasses of lemonade and you're left with glasses of iced tea

Answer 2

Answer: The equation which represents the number of glasses of iced tea she can serve is $x=44-y$

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Let the number of glasses of iced tea be x.

Let the number of  glasses of lemonade be y

Since total number of cups in which to serve the drinks = 44 cups

According to question, it becomes,

$x+y=44\\\\x=44-y$

Hence, the equation which represents the number of glasses of iced tea she can serve is $x=44-y$