Question

Johnny oeders 5 cheese pizzas and 6 pepperoni pizzas for his son's birthday party. He paid $136. Mid party he realized he was going to run out of pizzaz, so he decided to place a second order. This time johnny ordered 2 cheese pizzas and 2 pepperoni pizzas and paid $49.00. Write a linear system that could be used to find the cost of each type of pizza?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let x = cost of cheese pizza

Let y = cost of pepperoni pizza

x + 6y = 136

2x + 2y = 49

Solve the system:

x = $14

y = $15