Question

Finn purchases 6 ice cream sundaes and 9 slices of pizza for $28.50. Carolyn purchases 3 ice cream sundaes

and 6 slices of pizza for $17.25. Write a system of equations that could be solved to determine the cost of a
ice cream sundaes and the cost of a slices of pizza.
Let the price of ice cream sundaes and y = the price of slices of pizza.
Finn's Equation:
Carolyn's Equation:

Answer 1

6x + 9y = 28.5

3x + 6y = 17.25

Explanation:

let x represent ice cream and y represent pizza.

For Finn, his equation could be: 6x + 9y = 28.5

For Carolyn, her equation could be: 3x + 6y = 17.25