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Jerry bought 5 candy bars for $14.75. If the king size candy bars cost $3.75 and a regular size candy bar cost $1.75 , how many of each candy bar did he buy?

One equation looks like:
3.75x + 1.75y = 14.75
Find the other equation and solve the system.

User Fumi
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Answer:

3=x 2=y

Explanation:

x+y=5

y=5x

plug that in and redo it for x

you must write two sepreate equations