Question

Lea and adam are selling cheesecakes for a school fundraiser. customers can by new york cheesecakes and chocolate marble cheesecakes. lea sold 14 new york cheesecakes and 11 chocolate marble cheesecakes for a total of $293. adam sold 7 new york cheesecakes and 2 chocolate marble cheesecakes for a total of $80. what was the cost for one chocolate marble cheesecake?

Answer 1

Answer: $19

Explanation:

We will set up equations to solve and pull the information we need from the given passage. Let x be new york cheesecakes and y be chocolate marble.

Lea sold 14 new york and 11 chocolate marble. She made $293 total.

14x + 11y = 293

Adam sold 7 new york and 2 chocolate marble for $80 total.

7x + 2y = 80

Now I will graph the two equations. The y-coordinate in the point of intersection is the solution is the answer to your question.

(6, 19)

$19

The cost for one chocolate marble cheesecake is $19.