SOLUTION: harry and tom went to Dairy queen to buy treats for the class. They purchased 4 more rootbeer floats than milkshakes. the rootbeer floats cost 43.25 each and the milkshakes cost $2

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Question 1065301: harry and tom went to Dairy queen to buy treats for the class. They purchased 4 more rootbeer floats than milkshakes. the rootbeer floats cost 43.25 each and the milkshakes cost $2.50 each. They spent a total of $64.75. how many of each treat did the buy? WITH WORK PLEASE
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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r, rootbeer floats
m, milkshakes

system%28r=m%2B4%2C43.25r%2B2.5m=64.75%29

You can begin solving the system simply substituting for r into the cost equation.