document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=933646>Question 933646</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At an awards banquet, the bill for three glasses of milk and five seafood dinners is $38.50, whereas the bill for one glass of milk and two seafood dinners is $15.15.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. Write a system of two equations to model this problem. Let m stand for the price of a glass of milk and let s stand for the price of a seafood dinner.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. Use substitution to solve the system of equations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. What would be the bill for one glass of milk and one seafood dinner? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " 1. Write a system of two equations to model this problem. Let m stand for the price of a glass of milk and let s stand for the price of a seafood dinner.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Value Eq:: 3m + 5s = 38.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Value Eq::  m + 2s = 15.15<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 2. Use substitution to solve the system of equations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute for \"m\" and solve for \"s\"::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(15.15-2s) + 5s = 38.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45.45 - 6s + 5s = 38.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-s = -6.95<BR>\n" );
document.write( "seafood dinner cost $6.95<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"m\" using m = 15.15-2(6.95) = $1.25<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 3. What would be the bill for one glass of milk and one seafood dinner?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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