A box containing 12 plates and 6 cups costs $156.00. Another box containing 12 plates and 18 cups of the same type costs $228.00. Find the cost of 9 plates.

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zarahaider4211 zarahaider4211 · Answer 1 · 2024-07-02T21:38:37-04:00

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$90

Step-by-step explanation:

We can represent plates as p and cups as c. We can write the two sentences that describe the cost of plates and cups as

[tex]12p+6c=156[/tex]

,[tex]12p+18c=228[/tex].

We're told to find the cost of 9 plates or 9p.

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There are many ways to get the value of p, we can use

(rearranging the variables in one equation and plugging that into the other one);

(subtracting the equations to get rid of an unnecessary variable).

For this case, we can use the elimination method, but we must have equivalent c terms.

We can multiply the first equation by 3 so both c terms are 18c.

[tex]3(12p+6c=156)=36p+18c=468[/tex]

Now, we can subtract each equation to eliminate the c values!

[tex]\:\:\:(36p+18c=468)\\\underline{-(12p+18c=228)}\\24p=240[/tex]

[tex]p=10[/tex]

So, 9p = 9(10) = 90!