SOLUTION: six apples and three oranges cost $3.36.two apples and five oranges cost $3.04.find the cost of an apple and the cost of an orange.
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Question 118929: six apples and three oranges cost $3.36.two apples and five oranges cost $3.04.find the cost of an apple and the cost of an orange. Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source):
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Let apples be and oranges be
If apples and oranges cost $, we have:
If apples and oranges cost $, we have:
Now solve the system:
…………………(1)….solve for and substitute in (2)
…………………(2)
