To represent the relationship between the strawberries and bananas in Michael's smoothie recipe, we can set up the following equations based on the information provided:
-
The recipe states that there are 4 strawberries for every banana. This can be expressed as: \[ s = 4b \] where \( s \) represents the number of strawberries and \( b \) represents the number of bananas.
-
Michael used a total of 55 fruits, which gives us the equation: \[ s + b = 55 \]
Now we have a system of two equations:
- \( s = 4b \)
- \( s + b = 55 \)
With these equations, you can now solve for the number of strawberries and bananas.