A company sells three types of gift baskets, which include movie passes, x, microwave popcorn, y, and DVDs, z. The basic basket has two movie passes and one package of microwave popcorn, and costs $15.50. The medium basket has two movie passes, two
packages of microwave popcorn, and one DVD, and costs $37.00. The super basket has four movie passes, three packages of
microwave popcorn, and two DVDs, and costs $72.50.
a. Write an augmented matrix to represent the situation.
15.50
11
37.00
: 72.50
b. Use a graphing calculator to find the cost of each basket item.
A movie pass costs $
a package of microwave popcorn costs $
and a DVD costs $