SOLUTION: Suppose you have $36.00 to buy napkins and plates for a classic picnic. Napkins cost 3.00 per package and plates cost 4.00 per package.
If x is the number of packages of napkins
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Question 1160409: Suppose you have $36.00 to buy napkins and plates for a classic picnic. Napkins cost 3.00 per package and plates cost 4.00 per package.
If x is the number of packages of napkins purchased and y is the number of packages of plates purchased, write an equation to model this situation.
Find your x and y intercepts.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Substitute zero for 
and solve for 
to find the 
-intercept )
Substitute zero for and solve for 
to find the -intercept )
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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