SOLUTION: I am used to figuring these out when there are two equations, but this one I am not understanding. Thank you for your help. You are buying food for a party. You need to get chi

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Question 954597: I am used to figuring these out when there are two equations, but this one I am not understanding. Thank you for your help.
You are buying food for a party. You need to get chips and pizza. A bag of chips are on sale for $1.89 and frozen pizzas are $5.19. You spend $31.62 at the grocery store. How much of each item did you buy?

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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You are buying food for a party. You need to get chips and pizza. A bag of chips are on sale for $1.89 and frozen pizzas are $5.19. You spend $31.62 at the grocery store. How much of each item did you buy?
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You would have to guess the total number of items (chips and pizzas) you bought.
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Quantity:: c + p = ?
Value:: 189c + 519p = 3162 cents
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Since ? must be a whole number, there are a limited number of
realistic values for ?
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One such is 8.
There are then 5 pizzas and 3 chips.
Cheers,
Stan H.