SOLUTION: Cindy buys a large pizza with two toppings for $13.50. Lou buys three large pizzas with four toppings each at the same parlour for $45. Find the cost of a large pizza and the

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Question 839696: Cindy buys a large pizza with two toppings
for $13.50. Lou buys three large pizzas with
four toppings each at the same parlour
for $45. Find the cost of a large pizza and the
cost per topping.

Answer by Phillips54(20) About Me  (Show Source):
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2x+1y=13.50
4x+3y=45
(-2)2x+(-2)1y=(-2)13.50
4x+3y=45
-4x-2y=-27
4x+3y=45
y=18
2x+1y=13.50
4x+3y=45
(-3)2x+(-3)1y=(-3)13.50
4x+3y=45
-6x-3y=-40.50
4x+3y=45
-2x=4.50
-2x/-2=4.50/-2
x=2.25

for each topping it is $2.25 and for each large pizza it is $18