Select the correct answer.

A company sells two versions of antivirus software. The home edition costs [tex]$\$23.50$[/tex], and the business edition costs [tex]$\[tex]$58.75$[/tex][/tex]. Last week, the company earned [tex]$\$29,668.75$[/tex] from selling 745 copies of the software.

If [tex]$x$[/tex] represents the number of copies of the home edition sold and [tex]$y$[/tex] represents the number of copies of the business edition sold, which system of equations represents this situation?

A. [tex]58.75x + 23.50y = 29,668.75 \\
x + y = 745[/tex]

B. [tex]23.50x + 58.75y = 745 \\
x + y = 29,668.75[/tex]

C. [tex]58.75x + 23.50y = 745 \\
x + y = 29,668.75[/tex]

D. [tex]23.50x + 58.75y = 29,668.75 \\
x + y = 745[/tex]



Answer :

To determine the correct system of equations representing the given situation, follow these steps:

1. Identify the Variables:
- Let [tex]\(x\)[/tex] represent the number of copies of the home edition sold.
- Let [tex]\(y\)[/tex] represent the number of copies of the business edition sold.

2. Total Number of Copies Sold:
- The company sold a total of 745 copies.
- This relationship can be represented by the equation:
[tex]\[ x + y = 745 \][/tex]

3. Total Revenue:
- The home edition costs \[tex]$23.50 per copy. - The business edition costs \$[/tex]58.75 per copy.
- The total revenue from selling these copies is \$29,668.75.
- This relationship can be represented by the equation:
[tex]\[ 23.50x + 58.75y = 29,668.75 \][/tex]

Combining these two pieces of information into a system of equations, we get:
[tex]\[ \begin{cases} 23.50x + 58.75y = 29,668.75 \\ x + y = 745 \end{cases} \][/tex]

We now compare this system of equations to the given options:

A.
[tex]\[ 58.75x + 23.50y = 29,668.75 \\ x + y = 745 \][/tex]
This option swaps the coefficients and hence does not match our derived system.

B.
[tex]\[ 23.50x + 58.75y = 745 \\ x + y = 29,668.75 \][/tex]
This option swaps the totals and the coefficients, so it does not match our derived system.

C.
[tex]\[ 58.75x + 23.50y = 745 \\ x + y = 29,668.75 \][/tex]
This option swaps both the coefficients and the totals, so it does not match our derived system.

D.
[tex]\[ 23.50x + 58.75y = 29,668.75 \\ x + y = 745 \][/tex]
This option matches perfectly with our derived system of equations.

Therefore, the correct answer is:
[tex]\[ \boxed{4} \][/tex]