SOLUTION: jazmine has 24 candy apples and 34 nut covered candy apples.All together she made $280 dollars.what was the price of 1 candy apple

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Question 392763: jazmine has 24 candy apples and 34 nut covered candy apples.All together she made $280 dollars.what was the price of 1 candy apple
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jazmine has 24 candy apples and 34 nut covered candy apples.All together she made $280 dollars.what was the price of 1 candy apple
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Let a and b be the respective prices of the two items.
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Value equation: 24a + 34b = 280 dollars
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You need another statement that relates a and b so you
can solve a system of two equations.
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Stan H.