Question

Jack brought 3 slices of cheese pizza and 4 slices of mushroom pizza for total cost of $12.50. Grace brought 3 slices of cheese pizza and 2 slices of mushroom pizza for total coast of $8.50. The system of equations below represents these facts

Answer 1

3x+4y= 12.5-----------1

3x+2y= 8.5------------2

Explanation:

Given data

let cheese pizza be x and mushroom pizza be y

Hence

3x+4y= 12.5-----------------------1

also

3x+2y= 8.5--------------------------2

Hence the systems of the equation is given as

3x+4y= 12.5-----------1

3x+2y= 8.5------------2