Explanation
Correct answer: A.
Choice A is correct. It's given that the store's sales of a certain Greek yogurt totaled dollars last month. It's also given that the equation represents this situation, where is the number of smaller containers sold and is the number of larger containers sold. Since represents the number of smaller containers of yogurt sold, the expression represents the total sales, in dollars, from smaller containers of yogurt. This means that smaller containers of yogurt were sold at a price of dollars each. Therefore, according to the equation, represents the price, in dollars, of each smaller container.
Desmos solution:
Note: Since x is the number of smaller containers, its coefficient 5.48 is the price of each smaller container.
Enter in Desmos:
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Why the other choices are wrong
Choice B
Choice B is incorrect. This expression represents the total sales, in dollars, from selling larger containers of yogurt.
Choice C
Choice C is incorrect. This value represents the price, in dollars, of each larger container of yogurt.
Choice D
Choice D is incorrect. This expression represents the total sales, in dollars, from selling smaller containers of yogurt.