A teacher is creating an assignment worth \(56\) points. The assignme…

Question

Prompt

A teacher is creating an assignment worth

56

points. The assignment will consist of questions worth

1

point and questions worth

2

points. Which equation represents this situation, where

x

represents the number of

1

-point questions and

y

represents the number of

2

-point questions?

3 (x + y) = 56

x + 2 y = 56

2 x + y = 56

3 x y = 56