SOLUTION: Abigail is raising money for a school trip by selling bags of chips and packs of cookies. The price of each bag of chips is $1.50 and the price of each pack of cookies is $1.25. Ye

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Question 1139846: Abigail is raising money for a school trip by selling bags of chips and packs of cookies. The price of each bag of chips is $1.50 and the price of each pack of cookies is $1.25. Yesterday Abigail made $27 from selling a total of 20 bags of chips and packs of cookies. Determine the number of bags of chips sold and the number of packs of cookies sold.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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Typical two-variable linear system application. It could also be handled in a single variable. This kind been done thousands of time on the site.

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