Question

At the deli Jennifer bought roasted turkey and provolone cheese. The turkey costs $6.35 per pound and the cheese costs $4.75 per pound. In total, she bought 3 pounds and the price was $17.13 How many pounds of each did she buy?

Answer 1

She bought two pounds of turkey and one pound of cheese

Answer 2

Let the amounts of Turkey Jennifer bought be
`T` pounds and that of Cheese be
`C` pounds.

From the given information,

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Solving the above two equations together,

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Thus, Jennifer bought
`1.8\;pounds` of Turkey and
`3-1.8=1.2\;pounds` of Cheese.