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Hello can you tell me what I did wrong on this

Hello can you tell me what I did wrong on this-example-1

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Let

x -----> the price of one hot dog

y -----> the price of a bag of chips

we have

y=$1.25 -----> given

equation is

4y+8x=18.20

substitute the value of y

4(1.25)+8x=18.20

5.00+8x=18.20

8x=18.20-5.00

8x=13.20

x=13.20/8

x=$1.65

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