You are buying ribbon to make costumes for a school play. Organza ribbon costs $.07 per yard. Satin ribbon costs $.04 per yard. Write an equation to model the possible combinations of yards of organza ribbon and yards of satin ribbon you can buy for $5. List several possible combinations.

Let's define the variables:

x = yards of Organza ribbon that you buy.

y = yards of Satin ribbon that you buy.

We know that the price per yard of Organza ribbon is $0.07, this means tat if you buy x yards, the cost will be:

C = x*$0.07

And the cost of the Satin ribbon is $0.04, so if you buy y yards of that ribbon, the cost will be:

C = y*$0.04

Adding that together, the total cost is:

C = x*$0.07 + y*$0.04

Now we know that you pay $5, this means that the total cost is exactly $5, then we have the equation:

$5 = x*$0.07 + y*$0.04

Now we can isolate the variable y to get:

y = ($5/$0.04) - x*($0.07/$0.04)

y = 125 - x*1.75

Now we can just input different values of x to find the correspondent value of y.

This means that:

if x = 0 (0 yards of the Organza ribbon)

then:

y = 125 - 0*1.75 = 0

This combination is:

0 yards of organza, and 125 yards of satin.

Now, if x = 20, then:

y = 125 - 20*1.75  = 90

This combination is:

20 yards of organza, and 90 yards of satin.

if x = 40, then:

y = 125 - 40*1.75 = 55

This combination is:

40 yards of organza, and 55 yards of satin.

The 3 combinations that we found cost exactly $5.

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