You have a gross annual income of $175,000 and have been pre-approved for a 30-year mortgage loan at 3.375% as long as the back-end ratio does not exceed 36%. The house you want to buy costs $560,000, and you plan to make a down payment of 20%. Your monthly payment would be $1980.59. Your research shows that the semi-annual property taxes for this house are $3,450. You have been given a quote from your insurance company of a $1,290 annual premium. You currently have a $579 monthly car payment and your monthly credit card bills average $2,000.

Mrs. julien’s and mrs. castillejo’s classes are selling cookie dough for a school fundraiser. customers can buy packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and packages of triple chocolate cookie dough. mrs. julien’s class sold 25 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 30 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $221.25. mrs. castillejo’s class sold 5 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 45 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $191.25. (a) write the system of equations that model the problem. be sure to explain which equation represents which situation. (b) find the cost of each type of cookie. show your work. (c) explain which method you used to solve the system and why you chose that method.