You are in charge of buying hamburgers and chicken for a party. The hamburgers cost $2 per pound and the chicken costs $3 per pound. You have $60 to spend. Write and solve a linear equation to find how much chicken you can afford to buy if you buy 15 pounds of hamburgers.

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Miguel Wilcox

11 February, 00:33

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Dustin Bryant · Answer 1

2x + 3x = 60

2 * 15 + 3x + 60

30 + 3x = 60

-30 = - 30

3x/3 = 30/3

x = 10

2*15 + 3 * 10 = 60

30 + 30 = 60