Clay bought 4 drinks and 3 popcorns and paid $22.50.....Mark bought 5 fountain drinks and 2 popcorns. and paid $23.75...how much is a fountain drink?

Question

daughter needs to see how to work out steps ..

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Answer 1

Hi Nicole, to solve this problem, set up a system of two equations.

 

Let D represent the drinks and P represent the popcorn.

 

Equation 1, for Clay:

 

4D + 3P = 22.50

 

Equation 2, for Mark:

 

5D + 2P = 23.75

 

System:

 

4D + 3P = 22.50

5D + 2P = 23.75

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Solve by eliminating one variable. I would suggest eliminating the P variable.

 

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