SOLUTION: You have 6 trucks and 5 cars. Each truck pays twice as much as each car to use the toll. At the end of the day $12.75 was collected. Write the algebraic equation and solve the prob

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Question 301807: You have 6 trucks and 5 cars. Each truck pays twice as much as each car to use the toll. At the end of the day $12.75 was collected. Write the algebraic equation and solve the problem.
Answer by helpnalgebra(91) About Me  (Show Source):
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Done been answered so i re posted it for you

Let c = toll for 1 car
Let t = toll for 1 truck
t=2c
6t+5c=12.75
6*(2c)+5c=12.75
12c+5c=12.75
17c=12.75
solve for c, then t