SOLUTION: Drama lessons are $25 each. Dance lessons are $22 each. Jason expects his lessons to cost $532. How many of each type of lesson is he planning to take? Thank you!

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Question 791315: Drama lessons are $25 each. Dance lessons are $22 each. Jason expects his lessons to cost $532. How many of each type of lesson is he planning to take?
Thank you!
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x = # of drama lessons and y = # of dance lessons

x drama lessons that cost $25 a piece will cost 25x dollars
y dance lessons that cost $22 a piece will cost 22y dollars
in total, you spend 25x+22y dollars

this total is set equal to 532 since we want the cost to be this amount

So we know that 25x%2B22y=532

We cannot solve for x and/or y and get some explicit number for either of them.

We need another equation to be able to do this. We need more information (like how many lessons combined are allowed) to set up another equation, but we don't have this other information.