SOLUTION: during the intermission of a play, the theater club sold cups of popcorn and soda. The club sold 79 cups of popcorn and 96 cups of soda for a total of $271. What was the sellingpri
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Question 518002: during the intermission of a play, the theater club sold cups of popcorn and soda. The club sold 79 cups of popcorn and 96 cups of soda for a total of $271. What was the sellingprice of a cup of popcorn? Of a soda?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = price of a cup of popcorn
Let = price of a cup of soda
given:
It looks like there are 2 unknowns
and only 1 equation. I will have to
make guesses
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I'll say
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That's it $1 for a cup of popcorn
and $2 for a cup of soda
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