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A company sells boxes of small blue pom-poms (b) for $42 and boxes of large orange pom-poms (p) for $52. They make batches of small blue pom-poms that fill 8 boxes and batches of large orange pom-poms that fill 4 boxes. The company only has 40 boxes. Which system of equations helps the company plan to make $350?

A company sells boxes of small blue pom-poms (b) for $42 and boxes of large orange-example-1
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We know that the blue boxes cost $42 and that the orange boxes cost $52; we also want to make $350 then we have the equation:


42b+52p=350

We also know that we make the blue boxes with 8 pom-poms and the orange boxes with 4 pom-poms and that we only have 40 boxes, then we have the equation:


8b+4p=40

Hence we have the system of equations:


\begin{gathered} 42b+52p=350 \\ 8b+4p=40 \end{gathered}

Comparing it with the options given we conclude that the correct option is the last one.

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