SOLUTION: Sam and Tyra are selling fruit for a charity fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of oranges and large boxes of oranges. Sam sold three small boxes of oranges and 14 large box

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Question 1168731: Sam and Tyra are selling fruit for a charity fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of oranges and large boxes of oranges. Sam sold three small boxes of oranges and 14 large boxes of oranges for a total of $203. Tyra sold 11 small boxes of oranges and 11 large box of oranges for a total of $220. Find the cost each of one small box of oranges and one large box of oranges. You must show equation you use to solve the problem.
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Routine two-variable system of linear equations application example

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Obvious simplification
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