Question

juan and adam both need pens and batteries. The equation that represents Juan's purchases is y= 27 -3x. The equation that represents Adam's purchases is y = 17 - x. if x represents the price of the batteries, and y represents the price of the pens, what are the price of the pens snd batteries. Please if you answer this explain it!

Answer 1

pens are 12

batteries are 5

Explanation:

y=27-3x y=17-x

-17 +3x 27-3x=17-x -17 +3x

2x=10

x=5

y=27-3x y=27-3(5) y=27-15

y=12