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18. Monique owns a catering business. Last weekend, she catered two events in which all attendees were served
either a chicken or a steak
dinner. The table below shows some pricing information about these two events
Before Tax Prices of Monique's Catered Events
Day of Number of chicken Number of steak Total before-tax
event Dinners served Dinners served
Price of dinners
Saturday 27
17
$809.50
Sunday
46
34
$1,495,00
The following system of equations can be used to determine the before-tax prices of dollars for each chicken
dinner and s dollars of each steak dinner Monique served.
27c+ 17s = 809.50
46c + 34s = 1,495.00
What is the before-tax price of a chicken dinner?
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Respuesta :

Solving the system of equations, it is found that the before-tax price of a chicken dinner is of $15.5.

What is a system of equations?

A system of equations is when two or more variables are related, and equations are built to find the values of each variable.

In this problem, the variables are:

  • Variable c: Price of a chicken dinner.
  • Variable s: Price of a steak dinner.

The system is given by:

27c+ 17s = 809.50

46c + 34s = 1,495.00

Multiplying the second equation by -0.5 and adding with the first we can remove s, hence:

27c+ 17s = 809.50

-23c - 17s = -747.50.

4c = 62.

c = 62/4.

c = 15.5.

The before-tax price of a chicken dinner is of $15.5.

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