Answer:
Amount of flour in the bag when Mary began = [tex]4x+48y[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Number of baked loaves of bread made from flour = 4
Number of muffins made from flour = 48
To find: Amount of flour in the bag when Mary began
Solution:
Let x denotes amount of flour used to make one baked loave of bread and y denotes amount of flour used to make one muffin.
So,
Amount of flour used to make 4 baked loaves of bread = 4 x
Amount of flour used to make 48 muffins = 48 y
Amount of flour in the bag when Mary began = [tex]4x+48y[/tex]