document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=382379>Question 382379</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help with Problems Using Systems in Three Variables\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A vendor sells hot dogs, bags of potato chips, and soft drinks. A customer buys 2 hot dogs, 3 bags of potato<BR>\n" );
document.write( "chips, and 2 soft drinks for $5.50. The price of a hot dog is $0.75 more than the price of a bag of potato chips.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The cost of a soft drink is $1.75 less than the price of two hot dogs. Find the cost of each item.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #271029 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=271029\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"2 hot dogs, 3 bags of potato chips, and 2 soft drinks for $5.50\" ___ 2h + 3p + 2s = 550\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"The price of a hot dog is $0.75 more than the price of a bag of potato chips\" ___ h = p + 75 ___ h - 75 = p\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"The cost of a soft drink is $1.75 less than the price of two hot dogs\" ___ s = 2h - 175\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you know the price of hot dogs relative to the other foods , so solve for h and use the result to find the others\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting the equivalent values into the 1st equation ___ 2h + 3(h - 75) + 2(2h - 175) = 550\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2h + 3h - 225 + 4h - 350 = 550 ___ 9h = 1125 ___ h = 125\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(125) - 75 = p ___ 50 = p\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "s = 2(125 - 175) = 75 </SPAN>\n" );
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