Question

Mike bought five items for lunch that cost a total of $4.55. Hot dogs cost $1.10 each and cookies cost $0.75 each. Which of these systems of equations below could be used to determine h , the number of hot dogs, and c , the number of cookies, Mike bought for lunch?

Answer 1

1.1h+0.75c=4.55---------------1

h+c=5--------------2

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

total lunch items= 5

let hot dogs be h

and cookies be c

cost of hot dogs = $1.10

cost of cookies = $0.75

total cost = $4.55

Step two:

The linear model for the total cost is given as

4.55=1.1h+0.75c---------------1

and the model for the number of items is

h+c=5--------------2

The systems of the equation for the situation is

1.1h+0.75c=4.55---------------1

h+c=5--------------2