Atennis coach took his team out for lunch and bought 8 hamburgers and 5 fries for $24. the players were still hungry so the coach bought 6 more hamburgers and 2 more fries for $16.60. find the cost of each.

Answer : The cost of hamburgers and fries is, $2.5 and $0.8

Step-by-step explanation :

Let the cost of hamburgers be, x and the cost of fries be, y.

Thus the two equation will be:

    ...........(1)

   .............(2)

Using substitution method:

From equation 1 we have to determine the value of 'y'.

       ........(3)

Now put equation 3 in 2, we get:

Now put the value of x in equation 3, we get:

Thus, the cost of hamburgers and fries is, $2.5 and $0.8

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