Dakota and Christine went shopping. Dakota bought two scarves and one hat for $13 Christine bought one scarves and two hats for

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Vikki [24]

3 years ago

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Dakota and Christine went shopping. Dakota bought two scarves and one hat for $13 Christine bought one scarves and two hats for

$14 what is the price of one hat and one scarf

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1 answer:

White raven [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-27T14:11:32+03:00

White raven [17]3 years ago

5 0

One scarf=s
One hat=h

2s+h=13
s+2h=14

h=13-2s
(plug that into the other equation)

s+2(13-2s)=14
s+26-4s=14
26-3s=14
-3s=-12
s=4

One hat=$5
One scarf=$4
5+4=9
Price of one hat AND one scarf is $9