Question

Jocelyn and her children went into a bakery and she bought $9 worth of cookies and brownies. Each cookie costs $0.50 and each brownie costs $3. She bought 4 more cookies than brownies. Graphically solve a system of equations in order to determine the number of cookies, x,x, and the number of brownies, y,y, that Jocelyn bought.

Answer 1

Jace bought 4 cookies and 2 brownies from the bakery.

Let x represent the number of cookies and y represent the number of brownies.

Since he bought $9 worth of cookies and brownies. Each cookie costs $0.75 and each brownie costs $3. hence:

0.75x + 3y = 9 (1)

Also, he bought twice as many cookies as brownies, hence:

x = 2y

x - 2y = 0 (2)

Solving equation 1 and 2 simultaneously gives x = 4, y = 2

Hence Jace bought 4 cookies and 2 brownies from the bakery.