SOLUTION: "At the shake shack, two orders of fries and four shakes cost $5.90. How much is an order of fries ? How would you write out this equation ?"

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Question 1124480: "At the shake shack, two orders of fries and four shakes cost $5.90. How much is an order of fries ? How would you write out this equation ?"
Found 3 solutions by addingup, josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source):
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A shake at the Shake Shack costs $(??). Two orders of fries and four shakes... etc.
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Give us either the cost of a shake or the cost of an order of fries so we can give you an answer.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source):
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two orders of fries and four shakes cost $5.90. How much is an order of fries ?
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It depends on the price for the shake.

f, price of 1 'fries'
h, price of 1 shake

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Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source):
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"At the shake shack, two orders of fries and four shakes cost $5.90. How much is an order of fries ? How would you write out this equation ?"

Let cost of 1 order of fries and 1 shake be F, and S, respectively
Then we get: 2F + 4S = 5.9______2(F + 2S) = 2(2.95)
F + 2S = 2.95
Equation for an order of fries:
That's all!!