SOLUTION: Bully buys 3 rawhide treats and 2 beef-flavored bones and pays $1.78. Changing his mind, he exchanges a beef-flavored bone for another rawhide treat and has to pay an additional 16
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Question 904268: Bully buys 3 rawhide treats and 2 beef-flavored bones and pays $1.78. Changing his mind, he exchanges a beef-flavored bone for another rawhide treat and has to pay an additional 16 cents. What is the price of a single rawhide treat?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3r+2b=178
4r+1b=194
1b=1r+16
3,2,178
4,1,194
(.42 for rawhide ,.26 for beef)
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