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Suppose you plan to spend no more than $24 on meat for a cookout. Hamburger costs $3.00/Ib and chicken wings cost $2.40/Ib. Write and graph an equation to find three possible combinations of hamburger and chicken wings you can buy.

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Equation: 3x + 2.4y =24
Explanation: we have 3/lb in hamburgers and 2.4.lb in chicken wings the total would come out to 24. Plugging it into I believe ax+by=c it looks like.

Options:
A) 8 hamburgers
B)10 chicken wings
C)5 chicken wings and 4 burgers
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