SOLUTION: The employees of a hardware store ordered lunch from a local delicatessen. The lunch consisted of 4 turkey sandwiches and 7 orders of french fries, for a total cost of $23.40. The

Question 1154039: The employees of a hardware store ordered lunch from a local delicatessen. The lunch consisted of 4 turkey sandwiches and 7 orders of french fries, for a total cost of $23.40. The next day, the employees ordered 5 turkey sandwiches and 5 orders of french fries totaling $24.75. What does the delicatessen charge for a turkey sandwich? What is the charge for an order of french fries?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
t, turkey sandwich price
f, french fries price

Simplify or solve any way you want or need.

You could first simplify the second equation:

From here, if you multiply the second equation by 4, then,.......
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