SOLUTION: Jody is supplying his food truck for the week. He buys 32 pounds of pork and 50 pounds of chicken for a total of $180. He realizes he did not purchase enough of either and returns

Question 1151199: Jody is supplying his food truck for the week. He buys 32 pounds of pork and 50 pounds of chicken for a total of $180. He realizes he did not purchase enough of either and returns to but 8 more pounds of pork and 20 more pounds of chicken for with total of $65.60. Determine the unit price, in dollars per pound, for the pork and the chicken.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First Trip:

Second Trip:

Use any method you want. Notice if you multiply second-trip equation by 4, then the terms of p will match, in both equations, allowing to use Elimination Method to get c.
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