Question

Jasmine purchases 3 bugs of Hot Cheetos and 2 packs of sour Patch Kids on the vending machine and spent 55. Michael stooded up on snaces for
the wook and purchased 7 bags of Hot Cheetos and 3 packs of Sour Patch Kids for $8.75 What is the cost of a bag of Hot Chotos and pack of Sour
Patch Kids?

Answer 1

Let, price of Hot Cheetos and sour Patch Kids is x and y respectively.

3 bugs of Hot Cheetos and 2 packs of sour Patch Kids on the vending machine and spent $5.

So, 3x + 2y = 5     .......1 )

7 bags of Hot Cheetos and 3 packs of Sour Patch Kids for $8.75 .

7x + 3y = 8.75     ..........2 )

Solving equation 1 and 2 :

We get :

x = 0.5 and y = 1.75.

Therefore, price of Hot Cheetos and sour Patch Kids is $0.5 and $1.75 respectively.

Hence, this is the required solution.