SOLUTION: Two dozen eggs and a loaf of bread cost k4.82 . Half a dozen eggs and two loaves of bread cost k2.29. Find the cost of a loaf of bread.

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Question 855490: Two dozen eggs and a loaf of bread cost k4.82 . Half a dozen eggs and two loaves of bread cost k2.29. Find the cost of a loaf of bread.
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Two dozen eggs and a loaf of bread cost k4.82 . Half a dozen eggs and two loaves of bread cost k2.29. Find the cost of a loaf of bread.
Let the cost of one dozen eggs be x, and one loaf of bread be y.

 ----> (1)
 ----> (2)

Multiplying (2) by 4, to eliminate x,

 -----> (3)

Subtracting (1) from (3),

7*y = 4.34 ----> (4)
y = 4.34/7 = 0.62k

Cost of a loaf of bread = k

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