Question

Dori and Nemo go to Taco Bell for lunch. Dori orders three soft tacos and three double Deckers $11.25. Nemiah pays $10 for four soft tacos and two double Decker‘s. Write a system of equations that represents the lunch orders for Dori and Nemo. Use ex to represent soft tacos and Y to represent double deckers

Answer 1

Dori:3x+3y=11.25

Nemo:4x+2y=10

Explanation:

Let x and y represent tacos and double Deckers respectively.

For three tacos and three double Deckers, Dori pays $11.25

Writing an equation the statement, we obtain

3x+3y=11.25

Also,for four tacos and two double Deckers, Nemo pays $10

This implies

4x+2y=10