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Sally bought three choclate bars and a pack of gum and paid $1.75. Jake bought two choclate bars and four packs of gum and paid $2.00. Find the cost of a choclat
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Sally bought three choclate bars and a pack of gum and paid $1.75. Jake bought two choclate bars and four packs of gum and paid $2.00. Find the cost of a choclate bar and a pack of gum.
I think the format for this goes like this but I am not sure I am right. I would put the x/choclate bars and y/gum for each then work it out for each right? Help!!! Answer by jim_thompson5910(28598) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let c=price of chocolate bar, g=price of gum
The word problem translates to Sally bought three choclate bars and a pack of gum and paid $1.75 Jake bought two choclate bars and four packs of gum and paid $2.00
Solve for g on the first equation Plug this into g of Now distribute the 4 Subtract like terms Subtract 7 from both sides Divide both sides by -10
So the chocolate bar costs $0.50. Use this to find the price of gum
So the gum costs $0.25
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