Question

2. Cordasha is making her morning Starbucks run before school. She is buying

several coffees for her teachers. An Espresso costs $5.50 and a latte costs
$7.25. In total she spent $45.50 and bought a total of 7 types of coffees.
Write a system of equations that finds the amount of Espresso's and latte's
that Cordasha bought.

Answer 1

x*5.5 + y* 7.25 = 45.5

x + y = 7

Explanation:

every Espresso cost 5.5 => x*5.5

And the total cost is 45.5 so the sum should be 45.5

there are 7 coffees. means that the number of Espresso and latte is 7