Question 1076910
A store sells 48 count packages of Snickers candy bars for $27.50 per package, and 36 count packages of KitKat bars for $21.50 per package. Mrs. Sweettooth bought total of 204 Snickers and KitKat bars in the store and paid $119.50. How many of each candy bars did she buy?
<pre>The other person is WAY OFF!!
Let each Snicker and KitKat package purchased be S and K, respectively
Then we get the following equations: {{{matrix(3,1, 48S + 36K = 204, 12(4S + 3K) = 12(17), matrix(1,6, 4S + 3K, "=", 17, "-----", eq, "(i)"))}}} and {{{matrix(4,1, 27.5S + 21.5K = 119.5, matrix(1,3, 2(27.5S + 21.5K), "=", 2(119.5)), 55S + 43K = 239, matrix(1,6, 220S + 172K, "=", 956, "------", eq, "(ii)"))}}}
Solve the above system to get: {{{highlight_green(system(matrix(1,10, 3, packages, of, KitKat, "=", 3(36), "=", 108, KitKat, bars), and, matrix(1,10, 2, packages, of, Snickers, "=", 2(48), "=", 96, Snickers, bars)))}}}
For his/her info., candy DOES NOT come in fractions of packages, or fractions of bars!!