Question

Justin and George bought some baked goods. Justin purchased 5 cookies for x dollars each and 4 doughnuts for y dollars each and spent $12 dollars on the baked goods. George purchased 1 cookie for x dollars each and 6 doughnuts for y dollars each and spent $5. The system of equations represents this situation. What statement is true? 5x+4y=12 x+6y=5

Answer 1

A cookie cost $1.50 more than a doughnut

Explanation:

Hey, I believe you forgot the statements, but if they're the same as the ones I had on my test, the correct statement should be "A cookie cost $1.50 more than a doughnut". :)

Answer 2

The given statement 5x=4y=12 and x+6y=5 is true.

Explanation:

The question comes from linear equations in two variables.

Here, two unknown variables represent a certain situation and their value can be obtained by solving both the given equations.

The cost of cookie is represented by the variable x and cost of doughnuts can be represented by the variable y.

The coefficient of each variable in the equation represent the quantity or the number of units of each baked good.

On comparing the given equations from the data provided in the question, the statement can be stated as true.