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A vendor sells hot dogs and bags of potato chips. a customer buys 2 hot dogs and 2 bags of potato chips for $6.50. another customer buys 5 hot dogs and 3 bags of potato chips for $14.25. find the cost
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A vendor sells hot dogs and bags of potato chips. a customer buys 2 hot dogs and 2 bags of potato chips for $6.50. another customer buys 5 hot dogs and 3 bags of potato chips for $14.25. find the cost of each item.

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You have to set a system of equations.

2x+2y=6.50 = 6x+6y=19.5
5x+3y=14.25 = -10x-6y=-28.5
Hotdogs = 2.25
Potato chips = 1
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