a. The sales representative informs you that there is a total of 96 houses for sale. Of these 96, some have one floor plan while the others have a different floor plan. Use x to represent floor plan one and y to represent floor plan two. Write an equation that illustrates the situation.

Answer 1

- a total of 96 houses for sale
- Use x to represent number of houses with floor plan one
- y to represent number of houses with floor plan two

What do you think x+y represents?

Answer 2

96=x+y

x= 96/2
y=96/2