Question

2 A customer paid a total of $125.00 for 28 items at a bakery. The customer

purchased cookies and pies.
. Each cookie cost $2.75.
. Each pie cost $14.75.
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Which system of equations can be used to find c, the number of cookies, and p,
the number of pies that the customer paid for at the bakery?

Answer 1

The system of two equations with two unknowns, and to solve for c and p are c + p = 28 and 2.75c + 14.75p = 125.00

Which system of equations can be used to find the number of cookies, and number of pies

Setting up the unknowns, we have

• c = number of cookies
• p = number of pies

Also, we have that

The customer purchased a total of 28 items:

c + p = 28

The customer paid a total of $125.00:

2.75c + 14.75p = 125.00

So, the system of two equations with two unknowns, and to solve for c and p are c + p = 28 and 2.75c + 14.75p = 125.00