SOLUTION: You and your friends go to the food court at the mall. It costs $4 for every sandwich that is purchased and $1.50 for every beverage that is purchased. You and your friends spent

Question 1173275: You and your friends go to the food court at the mall. It costs $4 for every sandwich that is purchased and $1.50 for every beverage that is purchased. You and your friends spent a total of $50. If x is the number of sandwiches purchased and y is the number of beverages purchased, write a linear equation that models the total cost.

Answer by ikleyn(52813) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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    4x + 1.50y = 50   dollars.


Writing such equations NEVER was a problem.


It always is/was considered as a routine, very OBVIOUS operation/step.

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