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sara bought x pounds of chocolate covered raisins, which sell for $1.50 a pound, and y pounds of yogurt covered raisins, which sell for $1.20 a pound. sara bought a total of 40 pounds of the two types of raisins for a total of $51.90." help me write a system of equations to model this scenario

Sagot :

x+y=40
1.50x+1.20y=51.90

i don't think u need me to solve it but ill do it anyway, so there's 3 methods: graphing, elimination, and substitution

substitution's my fave so that's what imma do

x+y=40
-x -x
y=40-x

1.50x+1.20(40-x)=51.90
1.50x+48-1.20x=51.90
.30x+48=51.90
-48 -48.00
.30x=3.9
divide both sides by .30
x=13 so 13 pounds of chocolate covered raisins

bring back the other equation
x+y=40
13+y=40
-13 -13
y=27 so 27 pounds of yogurt covered raisins
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