Question

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Mark drank a total of 10 glasses of water and iced tea yesterday. Each glass of water contained 8 ounces. Each glass of iced tea contained 12 ounces. All together, he drank 96 ounces. The system of equations below models this situation. x + y = 10 8 x + 12 y = 96 How many glasses of iced tea did Mark drink yesterday?

Answer 1

Mark drank 4 glasses of iced tea because 4 times 12 is 48 and 6 time 8 is 48 and 48+48=96

Answer 2

The answer is x=6 and y=4.

6+4=10

and 8 times 6 + 12 times 4 is 96.