SOLUTION: Vern sells pizza and bottles of water at a concession stand to raise money for the school basketball team. Pizza is $2.25 a slice and water is $1.50 per bottle. Write an algebraic

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Question 1159151: Vern sells pizza and bottles of water at a concession stand to raise money for the school basketball team. Pizza is $2.25 a slice and water is $1.50 per bottle. Write an algebraic expression for the total income Vern received from the sale of pizza and bottles of water. Then use the expression to calculate the total income from the sale of 125 slices and 52 bottles.
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = pizza slices sold
y = water bottles sold

sales = 2.25x+%2B+1.5y

125 slices and 52 bottles = 2.25(125) + 1.5(52) = 359.25