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A business rents bicycles and in-line skates. Bike rentals cost $25 a day and skates cost $20 a day. The business had 20 rentals that day and sold $455 worth of bikes and skates. Write a system of linear
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A business rents bicycles and in-line skates. Bike rentals cost $25 a day and skates cost $20 a day. The business had 20 rentals that day and sold $455 worth of bikes and skates. Write a system of linear equations to represent this situation.

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25x+20y=455
x+y=20


20x+20y=400
-25x-20y=-455
-5x=-55
x=11
11+y=20
y=9

Solved it as well, sorry if I wasn't supposed to

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