SOLUTION: Matt and Ming are selling fruit for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of oranges and large boxes of oranges. Matt sold 3 small boxes of oranges and 14 large boxes

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Question 367565: Matt and Ming are selling fruit for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of oranges and large boxes of oranges. Matt sold 3 small boxes of oranges and 14 large boxes of oranges for a total of $203. Ming sold 11 small boxes of oranges and 11 large boxes of oranges for a total of $220. Find the cost each of one small box of oranges and one large box of oranges.
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Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Name your variables, -small box cost, -large box cost.
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You now have two equations with two unknowns.
You can solve for the unknowns.

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