SOLUTION: A waitress sold 17 ribeye steak dinners and 24 grilled salmon dinners, totaling $593.54 on a particular day. Another day she sold 25 ribeye steak dinners and 8 grilled salmon dinn
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Question 1095724: A waitress sold 17 ribeye steak dinners and 24 grilled salmon dinners, totaling $593.54 on a particular day. Another day she sold 25 ribeye steak dinners and 8 grilled salmon dinners, totaling $584.21. How much did each type of dinner cost? Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, josgarithmetic:Answer by greenestamps(13216) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is a straightforward problem involving the solution of simultaneous equations. However, the answers should be exact numbers in dollars and cents. The numbers you show lead to answers that are not.
If you want help in learning how to solve problems like this, use numbers that are valid in the problem.
It looks like a system not too neat to solve; but try tripling the members of the "Another day" equation.
Subtract first equation from second equation, eliminating p:
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Do the steps and use result to find p; and see if you get meaningful results.
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