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The grocery store we use does not mark prices on its goods. my wife went to this store and bought 5 packages of bacon and 3 cartons of eggs and
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The grocery store we use does not mark prices on its goods. my wife went to this store and bought 5 packages of bacon and 3 cartons of eggs and paid a total of 18.52. i also went to the store and bought 3 packages of bacon and 5 cartons of eggs and paid a total of 14.92. now we want to return 3 packages of bacon and 3 cartons of eggs. how much will be refunded? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The grocery store we use does not mark prices on its goods. my wife went to this store and bought 5 packages of bacon and 3 cartons of eggs and paid a total of 18.52. i also went to the store and bought 3 packages of bacon and 5 cartons of eggs and paid a total of 14.92. now we want to return 3 packages of bacon and 3 cartons of eggs. how much will be refunded?
Let a packet of bacon cost $x
Let a packet of eggs cost $ y
wife: 5x+3y= 18.52
Yourself
3x+5y= 14.92
3(5x+3y)-5(3x+5y)= 3*18.52-5*14.92
15x+9y-15x-25y= 55.56-74.6
-16y=19.04
x=1.19 cost of 1 packet of bacon
3x+5y=14.92
3*1.19+5y=14.92
5y= 14.92-3.57
y= 2.27 cost of 1 packet of eggs
3 packets of bacon = 3*1.19= 3.57
3 packages of eggs = 3*2.27= 6.81
you should get a refund of $ 10.38
