9. Deanne works in a shoe factory. She packs
pairs of tennis shoes and pairs of boots in
boxes to ship to shoe stores. The tennis shoes
weigh 2 pounds and boots weigh 5 pounds.
Each box can weigh a total of 50 pounds.

( explanations are mucho appreciated:) )

a. Assuming x represents the number of pairs
of tennis shoes and y represents the
number of pairs of boots, write an equation
to represent the situation.

b. What is the x-intercept, and what does it
represent?

c. What is the y-intercept, and what does it
represent?