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Jason is buying burgers and fries for his family. Each burger costs $6 and each order of fries costs $4. He has a total of $36 to spend.

**a. Write an equation that represents this situation using x to represent the number of burgers purchased and y to represent the number of fries purchased.

** b. If Jason bought 2 burgers, how many fries did he purchase in order to spend all of his money?

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Answer:

a) $6x+$4y=36

b) 6 fries

Explanation:

b)$6(2)=12

36-12=24

24/4=6 fries

User Andrew Drozdov
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