Question

Terry buys 8 comic books and

3 computer games for $76. Annie
buys 1 comic book and 3 computer
games for $41. Write the system
of equations that describes this
situation and solve it to find the
cost of one comic book and one
computer game.

Answer 1

Explanation:

8x + 3y = 76

x + 3y = 41

8x + 3y = 76

-x - 3y = -41

7x = 35

x = $5 comic book

3y + 5 = 41

3y = 36

y = $12 computer game

Answer 2

5 per comic book and 12 per computer game hope this helps.