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For a camping trip a group bought $x$ one-liter bottles of water and $y$ three-liter bottles of water, for a total of $240$ liters of water. Which equation represents this situation?

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Explanation

Choice A is correct. It's given that for a camping trip a group bought $x$ one-liter bottles of water and $y$ three-liter bottles of water. Since the group bought $x$ one-liter bottles of water, the total number of liters bought from $x$ one-liter bottles of water is represented as $1 x$ , or $x$ . Since the group bought $y$ three-liter bottles of water, the total number of liters bought from $y$ three-liter bottles of water is represented as $3 y$ . It's given that the group bought a total of $240$ liters; thus, the equation $x + 3 y = 240$ represents this situation.

Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual errors.

Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual errors.

Choice D is incorrect. This equation represents a situation where the group bought $x$ three-liter bottles of water and $y$ one-liter bottles of water, for a total of $240$ liters of water.