Keenan made 32 cups of vegetable broth. Keenan then filled $\bm{x}$ small jars and $\bm{y}$ large jars with all the vegetable broth he made. The equation $3\bm{x}+5\bm{y}=32$ represents this situation. Which is the best interpretation of $5\bm{y}$ in this context?
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Mashaal Masha
Mar 24, 2024
Keenan made 32 cups of vegetable broth. Keenan then filled $\bm{x}$ small jars and $\bm{y}$ large jars with all the vegetable broth he made. The equation $3\bm{x}+5\bm{y}=32$ represents this situation. Which is the best interpretation of $5\bm{y}$ in this context?
Difficulty: Hard
A:
The number of large jars Keenan filled
B:
The number of small jars Keenan filled
C:
The total number of cups of vegetable broth in the large jars
D:
The total number of cups of vegetable broth in the small jars