Algebra Story

                4y=16

                4y⁄4=16         y=4

Aaron and his friend were going to have a party. They had chips, cocktail sausages, chicken wings, and a cake. They wanted some party mix of peanuts and candy corn. The peanuts sold for 2 dollars a pound, in which they bought 7 pounds of it. They need to get Y pounds of candy corn selling at 4 dollars a pound. The total weight of the mix is 11 pounds. They could not find any candy corn at any of the local stores. They went to Byerly’s, Target, Mackenthun’s, and Walgreen’s. Then they tried Costco and Sam’s Club, but still they were no where to be found. The only other place they could go was at the Wunderlee Candy Company. They went there and somehow got sucked into a tour of it. They were told that candy corn was first made by George Renninger in the 1880’s. They then figured out how much more was needed to fill the 9 pound mix of peanuts and candy corn. They found out it was 4 pounds. Then they bought 4 pounds at 4 dollars a pound. That equaled out to 16 dollars. Then they went to the Pop Emporium to buy various pops. They got Mountain Dew Voltage, Mountain Dew Code Red, Mountain Dew Livewire, Mountain Dew White Out, and Mountain Dew Typhoon. They also got Pepsi, Coca Cola, and A&W Root Beer. They had the party in the basement of Aaron’s house. They also got a band to play, which was Skillet. There was a ton of people in the basement. It was getting so late and no one wanted to leave because of the awesome food in enormous quantities and the band. It was 1 in the morning and everyone was still there that eventually the neighbors came over to say something about the noise. At 2 in the morning, everyone started to leave because the band left so it wasn’t as fun without music. Everyone loved the party, and wanted to have another one really soon, but because of how much it cost, they weren’t able to have one for a long time. They spent 3,245 dollars on the band, 1,500 at the Pop Emporium, and 500 on the rest of the food. They were so shocked at how much money they spent to put on the party, but they were happy that everyone liked it.