SOLUTION: Castel and Jessica are selling cookie dough for a school fundraiser. customers can buy packages of sugar cookie dough and packages of gingerbread cookie dough. Castel sold 7 packag

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Question 1116620: Castel and Jessica are selling cookie dough for a school fundraiser. customers can buy packages of sugar cookie dough and packages of gingerbread cookie dough. Castel sold 7 packages of sugar cookie dough and 4 packages of gingerbread cookie dough for a total of $68. Jessica sold 14 packages of sugar cookie dough and 6 packages of gingerbread cookie dough for a total of $116. find the cost each of one package of sugar cookie dough and one package of gingerbread cookie dough
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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x, price for sugar cookie dough
y, price for gingerbread cookie dough

system%287x%2B4y=68%2C14x%2B6y=116%29

Simplify the second (Jessica) equation.
system%287x%2B4y=68%2C7x%2B3y=58%29
The next steps are easily chosen...