SOLUTION: at a baseball game sam bought 2 hamburgers and 1 order of fries for a toal of $3.75. Erica bought 1 hamburger and 2 orders of fries for a total of $3.00. what is the cost of one ha
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Question 138038: at a baseball game sam bought 2 hamburgers and 1 order of fries for a toal of $3.75. Erica bought 1 hamburger and 2 orders of fries for a total of $3.00. what is the cost of one hamburger and the cost of one order of french fries? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! at a baseball game sam bought 2 hamburgers and 1 order of fries for a total of $3.75. Erica bought 1 hamburger and 2 orders of fries for a total of $3.00. what is the cost of one hamburger and the cost of one order of french fries?
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2h + f = 375 cents
h + 2f = 300 cents
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Multiply the 2nd equation by 2 to get:
2h+4f = 600 cents
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Subtract the 1st equation from the last to get:
3f = 225
f = 75 cents (cost of an order of fries)
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Substitute into h+2f = 300 to solve for "h"
h+2*75 = 300
h + 150 = 300
h = $1.50 (cost of one hamburger)
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Stan H.
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