SOLUTION: A group of people purchased 8 hotdogs and 5 soft drinks at a cost of $16.00. A second group purchased 13 hotdogs and 6 soft drinks for a cost of $23.45. What is the cost of a sing
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Question 179908: A group of people purchased 8 hotdogs and 5 soft drinks at a cost of $16.00. A second group purchased 13 hotdogs and 6 soft drinks for a cost of $23.45. What is the cost of a single hotdog and a single soft drink?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let H be the cost of the hot dog, D be the cost of a soft drink.
1.
2.
We can use eq. 1 to get H in terms of D.
1.
Now substitute this expression into eq. 2 and solve for D.
2.
Now that you have D, go to either eq. 1 or 2 and solve for H.
Hot dogs cost $1.25, soft drinks cost $1.20.
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