document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1012761>Question 1012761</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> During a football game, a concession stand sold a family 3 hamburgers and 2 hotdogs for a total of $13. It sold another family 2 hamburgers and 5 hotdogs for a total of $16. What are the prices of a hamburger and hotdog?? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #628819 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><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=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=628819\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Call the prices of hamburger and hot dogs, x and y. Then we can write<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 2y = 13 and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 5y = 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply the top by two and the bottom one by three and subtract...we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x + 4y = 26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-(6x + 15y = 48)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-11y = -22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 2 dollars per hot dog<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 2(2) = 13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 4 = 13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3 dollars per burger </SPAN>\n" );
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