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At lunch, Marc bought 2 quesadillas and 2 tacos for $10.16, and Jason paid $11.84 for 5 tacos and 1 quesadilla. What was the cost of each taco and quesadilla? Let the cost of a quesadilla be x and the cost of a taco be y.

User Jfalkson
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Answer: X = 3.39 (Quesadilla) Y= 1.69 (Tacos)

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User Andreas Aarsland
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Answer:

X = 3.39 (Quesadilla) Y= 1.69 (Tacos)

Explanation:

You need to do systems of equations.

You take the quesadillas which is X and the Taco is Y and plug them into the equation with the total like this:

2x + 2y = $10.16

x + 5y = $11.84

solve and you get

(3.39, 1.69)

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