Last month Maria hiked a total of 90 miles on two trails: a 5-mile mountain trail and a 10-mile canal trail. Let x represent the number of times Maria hiked the mountain trail, and let y represent the number of times Maria hiked the canal trail.Which equation can be used to find the number of times Maria hiked each trail?
An isosceles triangle in which the two equal sides, labeled x, are longer than side y.




The town librarian bought a combination of new-release movies on DVD for $20 and classic movies on DVD for $8. Let x represent the number of new releases, and let y represent the number of classics. If the librarian had a budget of $500 and wanted to purchase as many DVDs as possible, which values of x and y could represent the number of new-release and classic movies bought?
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