Question

Add vegetable stand a person can buy two bags of apples and two bags of potatoes for $11 at a farmers market the same person by two bags of apples and three bags of potatoes for $13 assuming the prices are the same what is the price of each bag of apples in each bag of potatoes use the matrix equation to solve the system of equations

Answer 1

Apples cost $3.50, potatoes cost $2.

Explanation:

If you only add one bag of potatoes and the price jumps two dollars, then the potatoes cost two dollars each. We can substitute this into the equation, which can be solved to find apple price.