Question

Your mother wants grilled chicken and tilapia
for dinner. You found out that chicken seits at Php
150 per kilogram and the tilapia sells at Php 100 per
kilogram. How many possible kilograms of each item
your mother will buy if the total cost is not to exceed
Php 450?​

Answer 1

Given - Cost of chicken - Php 150 per kilogram

Cost of tilapia - PHP 100 per kilogram

Total cost - Php 450

Find - Possible kilogram of both chicken and tilapia in Php 450

Solution - Cost of 1 kilogram chicken is Php 150

So, cost of 500 gram chicken will be Php 75

Cost of 1 kilogram tilapia is Php 100

Cost of 500 gram tilapia will be Php 50

1.5 kilogram chicken will be cost - Php 225

2.25 kilogram tilapia will cost - Php 225

Total amount - 225+225 - Php 450

Thus, total quantity of chicken and tilapia that can be accommodated in Php 450 - 1.5 and 2.25 respectively.