document.write( "Question 1188801: Caitlyn and Daniela are going out for pizza to their local gourmet pizza shop. They order a pizza with a total of 5 toppings. The restaurant charges 8 dollars for a pizza, plus $1 per basic topping and $2 per premium topping. The girls spend a total of $15 on their pizza. Let x = the number of basic toppings and y = the number of premium toppings. How many basic and how many premium toppings did they order?\r
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document.write( "From the problem, it is clear that they bought one pizza;\r\n" );
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document.write( "so they spent 15-8 = 7 dollars for toppings.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus you have this system of two equations\r\n" );
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document.write( "     x +  y = 5    (1)     (counting toppings)\r\n" );
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document.write( "    1x + 2y = 7    (2)     (counting money)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Easy check by inspection shows that only option B is the solution.\r\n" );
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