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Lisa and Daisy work at a hair salon. The salon charges $18 for a hair styling session with Lisa and $12 for a session with Daisy. The income on a certain day is projected to be $216. This situation can be represented by the equation 18x + 12y = 216, where x is the number of Lisa's customers and y is the number of Daisy's customers. How many customers would Lisa need to serve to attain the projected income if Daisy calls in sick that day? (Note: x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0, and x and y take only integer values.)

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18x + 12y = 216
if Daisy calls in sick, then y = 0
now we sub
18x + 12(0) = 216
18x = 216
x = 216/18
x = 12

so Lisa would need to serve 12 customers to attain the projected income of $ 216
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