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Suppose you have $60 to buy shrimp and chicken wings for a party. Shrimp costs $10/Ib and wings cost $6/Ib. Write a linear equation that could be used to determine the number of pounds of each food that
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Suppose you have $60 to buy shrimp and chicken wings for a party. Shrimp costs $10/Ib and wings cost $6/Ib.

Write a linear equation that could be used to determine the number of pounds of each food that can be purchased with $60.

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10a+6b=$60} the equation
Then to find it you want to do substitution or elimination.
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Answer:

you can buy 5lb of wings for $30 and 3lb of shrimp for $30 too

Step-by-step explanation:I forgot what a linear equation was sorry :/

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