SOLUTION: Castel and Gabriella are selling pies for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy apple pies and lemon meringue pies. Castel sold 6 apple pies and 4 lemon meringue pies for a total

Question 179265: Castel and Gabriella are selling pies for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy apple pies and lemon meringue pies. Castel sold 6 apple pies and 4 lemon meringue pies for a total of $80. Gabriella sold 6 apple pies and 5 lemon meringue pies for a total of $94. What is the cost each of one apple pie and one lemon meringue pie?
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Castel's Eqn:

We get--->--->,
, EQN 1
Gabriella's Eqn:
, subst. EQN 1

---->L=$14.00/each
Go back EQN 1,

A=$4.00/each
Check via Castel's Eqn:

$80=$80
Check via Gabriella's Eqn:

$94=$94
Thank you,
Jojo
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