Question

Julie & Maria go to Sam's Club to purchase candy. Julie buys three five-pound bags of candy and two one sound bags of candy for a of 19. Maria buys one five-pound bag of candy and four one-pound bags of Candy for $ 13

A) write a system of two equations that represent this scenario and define your variables

Answer 1

Answer: 5x + 2y = 19

x + 4y = 13

Explanation:

let x be the cost of each five-pound bag of candy, and y be the cost of each one-pound bag of candy.

5x + 2y = 19

x + 4y = 13