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John was ordering cheeseburgers and hotdogs for his family from bob's burger. He spent a total of $14.40 on 14 items. Cheeseburgers cost $2.70 and hotdogs cost $1.20. Define variables and set up a system of equations to represent the situation. You do not have to solve.

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let x be number of cheeseburgers ordered
let y be number of hot dogs ordered
2.7x + 1.2y = 14.4
x + y = 14
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