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Jason and Henry go to the movie theater and purchase refreshments for their friends. Jason spends a total of $66.75 on 12 drinks and 1 bag of popcorn. Henry spends a total of $82.50 on 3 drinks and 10 bags of popcorn. Write a system of equations that can be used to find the price of one drink and the price of one bag of popcorn. Using these equations, determine and state the price of popcorn, to the nearest cent.

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Answer:

The cost of one drink is $5

Explanation:

3x-120x=82.50-667.5

120x-3x=667.50-82.50

117x=585

x=5

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