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the price of two pears and 6 apples is $14 the price of 3 pears and 9 apples is $21 can you determine the unit prices for pear and apples?Explain.

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U can use x for a price
User Niana
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Yes! You can use x for the price of a pear and y for the price of an apple. You can write the equations 2x+6y=14 and 3x+9y=21. You then can solve them like a systems of equations.
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