SOLUTION: bill bought 4 tennis balls and 3 golf balls for a total of $10.25. Brett went into the same store and bought 2 tennis balls and 5 golf balls for a total of $11.25. What was the pri
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Question 374745: bill bought 4 tennis balls and 3 golf balls for a total of $10.25. Brett went into the same store and bought 2 tennis balls and 5 golf balls for a total of $11.25. What was the price for a tennis ball and what was the price for a golf ball? Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let T be the cost of a tennis ball, G the cost of a golf ball.
Multiply eq. 2 by (-2) and add to eq. 1,
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Then use either equation to solve for T.
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Tennis balls are $1.25 and golf balls are $1.75 each.
