Answer:
2 pounds of fruit
x+y pounds of fruits
Step-by-step explanation:
The first questions asks for total amount of fruit she bought. Before that, it stated, she bought .5 pound and 1.5 pounds of apples and strawberries. The equation would be 1.5+.5= 2. The next question is asking for the total amount of fruits if X was total pounds of apples while Y was total pound of strawberry. It is again asking for the total amount so the equation would be x+y= total.