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Could somebody please help me on this question?

Could somebody please help me on this question?-example-1
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Answer:

A

Explanation:

Systems of Equations:

In a systems of equations we have to set up two equations which relate to each other and in this case we're setting up two linear equations, so let's take a look at the question.

Let's first make an equation from: "A monster pizza, m, has 7 fewer slices than twice the number on a large pizza, l" That means if we subtracted twice the large pizza from monster pizza, we would get 7 slices.
2l-m=7 and if we multiply by -1 on both sides:
m-2l=-7

Now let's use the second piece of information given: "the difference between the number of slices on a monster pizza and the number of slices on a large pizza is 4 slices" this means if we take away 4 slices from the monster pizza we get the same amount of slices on a large pizza:
m-4=l and rearranging we get:
m-l=4 making A the correct option

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