Priya is hosting a poetry club meeting this week and plans to have frult punch and cheese for the meeting. There are 12 people in the dub A package of cheese contains 16 ounces and costs $3.99. A one-uallon juz of fruit pundh contains 128 ounces and costs $2.50. Letſ represent the fruit punch. c represent cheese, and b represent Priya's budget in dollars

Write an equation to represent (model) this situation.

The given equations are;

x = (a + b)²

y = a² + 2·a·b + b²

z = a² + b² - 2·a·b

(a) The numerical coefficients of z terms are

1, 1, -2

The sum of the numerical coefficients = 1 + 1 - 2 = 0

(b) y + z is found by substituting the values of 'y' and 'z', in the expression y + z, as follows;

y + z = a² + 2·a·b + b² + a² + b² - 2·a·b = 2·a² + 2·b²

y + z = 2·a² + 2·b²

y - z = a² + 2·a·b + b² - (a² + b² - 2·a·b) = 4·a·b

(c) Given that a = 3, and b = -2, we have;

x = (a + b)² = a² + a·b + a·b + b² = a² + 2·a·b + b² = y

Therefore, x = y, for all values of 'a', and 'b'

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