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Question 806696: Need help setting up and solving following word problem----Four large cheeseburgers and two chocolate shakes cost a total of $7.90. Two shakes cost $0.15 more than one cheeseburger. What is the cost of a cheesburger? A shake? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the cost in cents of a cheeseburger
Let = the cost in cents of a shake
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(1)
(2)
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Always make sure that the number of equations
matches the number of unknowns- it does.
(2)
Subtract (2) from (1)
(1)
(2)
and
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
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A cheeseburger costs $1.55
A shake costs $.85
check:
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
OK
