Mashaal Masha
A gardener buys two kinds of fertilizer. Fertilizer A contains 60% filler materials by weight and Fertilizer B contains 40% filler materials by weight. Together, the fertilizers bought by the gardener contain a total of 240 pounds of filler materials. Which equation models this relationship, where $x$ is the number of pounds of Fertilizer A and $y$ is the number of pounds of Fertilizer B?
Difficulty: Easy
A: 

$0.4x+0.6y=240$

B: 

$0.6x+0.4y=240$

C: 

$40x+60y=240$

D: 

$60x+40y=240$

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