Question

Jake and Mia sold muffins at the bake sale. Jake collected $38 for selling a number of chocolate and blueberry muffins, while Mia collected $20 for selling

the same type of muffins. The following system of equations represents the scenario where is the price of a chocolate muffin and y is the price of a
blueberry muffin. What does the coefficient 3 represent?
(No Calculator)
8x+3y=38
2x+6y=20

Answer 1

The number of blueberry muffins Jake sold.

Explanation:

Since Jake sold $38 of muffins, we know that 3 pertains to Jake.

Y is the price of a blueberry muffin, so 3 must be how many blueberry muffins were sold.