Jack placed two orders with a local nursery. The first order was for 13 rose bushes and 4 miniature orchid plants. This order to
taled $500. The second order was for 2 rose bushes and 1 miniature orchid. This order totaled $100. The receipts do not list the price per plant, and Jack would like to know how much each plant cost. This system of equations represents the situation. 13x + 4y = 500 2x + y = 100 In the equations, x represents the cost of each rose bush and y represents the cost of each orchid plant. The graph of this system is shown below. How much does each type of plant cost? The price of each rose bush is $, and the price of each orchid is $.
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