Cara has a grocery bag with 13 total pieces of fruit. She can have pears, peaches, or a combination of pears and peaches in the bag. What combinations of fruit could be in the bag?

Question

Fill in some combinations of fruit that could be in the bag to have a total of 13 pieces of fruit.
Number of pears Number of peaches
5
6
12
13
Excellent!
Plot the points we solved for in the table to show combinations of pears and peaches that equal 13 total pieces of fruit on the graph.
Number of pears Number of peaches
5 8
6 7
12 1
13 0
Great job!
We can connect the points you just plotted with a line. Take a look at one point, (9, 4). What does the point (9, 4) represent?
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Number of pears
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The point (9, 4) means there are 9
and 4
.

This combination of fruit
be in the bag.

Answer 1

The point (9, 4) means there are 9 pears and 4 peaches. This combination of fruit could be in the bag.

To clarify further: if Cara has 9 pears, she would have a total of 4 peaches to reach the total of 13 pieces of fruit (9 pears + 4 peaches = 13 fruits).