Question

At a store, Mary pays $34 for 2 pounds of apples, 1 pound of berries, and 4 pounds of cherries. Tom pays $35 for 3 pounds of apples, 2 pound of berries, and 2 pounds of cherries. Lee pays $49 for 5 pounds of apples, 3 pound of berries, and 2 pounds of cherries. Write a system to represent this situation.

Answer 1

`2a + 1b + 4c = 34\\3a + 2b + 2c = 35\\5a + 3b + 2c = 49`

Step-by-step explanation:

The equation system will assign a letter to each type of fruit, the customer who purchases the goods are irrelevant so there are remove from the analysis.

apple = a

berries = b

cherries = c