Question

Marlena bought 1 2/3 pounds of French Roast coffee and 3 1/8 pounds of Columbian coffee and paid $31.25. Rowen bought 2 5/12 cups of French Roast coffee and 9/16 pounds of Columbian coffee and paid $15.15. Find the cost per pound of each type of coffee.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Thus Markus buy 3.19 pounds of coffee altogether.

Answer 2

$4.50 for French Roast

$7.60 for Columbian

Explanation:

tried substitution and elimination method but got different answers to I graphed these equations and found the point of intersection

5/3x + 25/8y = 31.25

29/12x + 9/16y = 15.15

point of intersection (4.5, 7.6)