Problema Solution
A shopper bought 2 packages of pecans and 5 packages of cashews for $13.75. Another shopper bought 3 packages of pecans and 4 packages of cashews for $13.45. Find the cost of 1 package of each.
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Let 'p' represent pecans and let 'c' represent cashews:
2p+5c=13.75
3p+4c=13.45
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p=1.75
c=2.05
So one package of pecans costs $1.75 and one package of cashews costs $2.05.