Question

7. Timothy and his brothers are selling lemonade and cookies to raise funds for a camping trip. Paul boughttwo cups of lemonade and two cookies for $3 and Nancy bought three cookies and two cups of lemonade for$4.00. Write a system of equations which could be used to find the cost of a cup of lemonade?First Equation:Second Equation:

Answer 1

Given data:

Paul baught - 2 cups of lemonade and 2 cookies for $3

Nancy baught - 3 cookies and two cups of lemonade for $4

Let , lemonade represents as 'x'

Cookies represents as 'y'

Now , the first equation is

2x + 3y = $3

and second equation is ,