Accelerated 8, January 25, 2021

Accelerated 8

January 25, 2021

Nina purchased apples and strawberries. She purchased a total of 9 pounds of fruit and spent a total of $16.35. Strawberries cost $1.60 per pound and apples cost $1.99 per pound. How many pounds of each type of fruit did she buy?

• This requires two equations.

• First, an equation that represents the amount of fruit she purchased.

• Second, an equation that represents the cost of the fruit.

Jay is selling tickets to a football game. He sold 21 tickets for a total of $486. A first section ticket costs $30, while a second section ticket costs $18. How many of each type ticket did he sell?

• This requires two equations.

• First, an equation that represents the number of tickets sold.

• Second, an equation that represents the cost of the tickets.

A local high school collected $1,590 from 321 people who attended a football game. The price of each adult admission is $6. People between the ages of 4-17 paid a child admission of $4. How many adult tickets and child tickets were sold that day?

• This requires two equations.

• First, an equation that represents the number of people attending the football game.

• Second, an equation that represents the cost of the tickets.

A camera company sells two types of point and shoot cameras. Model A costs $150 and Model B costs $225. If the company sold 22 cameras for a total of $3,900. How many of each model were sold?

• This requires two equations.

• First, an equation that talks about the number of cameras sold.

• Second, an equation that talks about the amount of money made.

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