The restaurant bill you and your friend received was not itemized. You ordered 2 drink refills and the egg

breakfast, for a total of $8.40. Your friend ordered 3 refills and the egg breakfast for $9.35.

(a) Write a system of equations for the situation. Use r for the amount charged for a refill and b for the

amount charged for the egg breakfast.

(b) Graph the equations in the system.

(c) Use your graph to estimate how much each item cost.

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Joy Gross

14 August, 19:05

The restaurant bill you and your friend received was not itemized. You ordered 2 drink refills and the egg

breakfast, for a total of $8.40. Your friend ordered 3 refills and the egg breakfast for $9.35.

(a) Write a system of equations for the situation. Use r for the amount charged for a refill and b for the

amount charged for the egg breakfast.

(b) Graph the equations in the system.

(c) Use your graph to estimate how much each item cost.

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Fiona Benjamin · Answer 1

For the answer to the question above asking to w Write a system of equations for the situation. Use r for the amount charged for a refill and b for the

amount charged for the egg breakfast.

3r+b=9.35

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2r+b=8.40

r=0.95