The soccer team is planning to sell health bars for a fundraiser. The prices of purchasing health bars from two different companies are represented by the system of equations shown, where x is the number of bars purchased and y is the total cost in dollars.

Company A: y = 0.75x

Company B: y = 10 + 0.50x

How many bars would the team need to purchase from each company in order for the total cost to be equal?

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Alexis Schwartz

21 June, 22:55

The soccer team is planning to sell health bars for a fundraiser. The prices of purchasing health bars from two different companies are represented by the system of equations shown, where x is the number of bars purchased and y is the total cost in dollars.

Company A: y = 0.75x

Company B: y = 10 + 0.50x

How many bars would the team need to purchase from each company in order for the total cost to be equal?

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Rodolfo Greer · Answer 1

Total cost for A is y = 0.75x

total cost for B is y = 10 + 0.50x

"x" is the number of bars

how many "x" the team need to purchase for each for the costs to equal each other?

well A = B

or

0.75x = 10+0.50x < - - - solve for "x"