SOLUTION: Shopper purchased 12lb of steak and 30lb of ground beef. Steak costs $5 more per pound with the total bill being $82. What is the price per pound of each meat. I am a parent tryin

Algebra ->  Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems -> SOLUTION: Shopper purchased 12lb of steak and 30lb of ground beef. Steak costs $5 more per pound with the total bill being $82. What is the price per pound of each meat. I am a parent tryin      Log On

MEAT         PRICEperpound       QUANTITY       COST

STEAK           p+5               12           12(p+5)

Grd. BEEF       p                 30           30p

TOTAL                                          82