SOLUTION: My two pets, Fido and Spot are each on special diets. Fido’s food costs $5 per pound and Spots costs $3 per pound. The total spent was $99 on 23 lbs total. How many pounds of eac

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Question 1142838: My two pets, Fido and Spot are each on special diets. Fido’s food costs $5 per pound and Spots costs $3 per pound. The total spent was $99 on 23 lbs total. How many pounds of each kind of food was bought?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x at $5 per pound
y at $3 per pound

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Solve by any method.