Question

A music website charges x dollars for individual songs and y dollars for entire albums. Person A pays $25.92 to download 6 individual songs and 2 albums. Person B pays $33.93 to download 4 individual songs and 3 albums. Write a system of linear equations that represents this situation. How much does the website charge to download a song? an entire album?

Answer 1

Amount charged for downloading individual songs = x dollars
Amount charged for downloading an entire album = y dollars
In respect to person A:
6x + 2y = 25.92
3x + y = 12.96
y = 12.96 - 3x
In respect to person B:
4x + 3y = 33.93
Putting the value of y from the first equation in the second, we get
4x + 3(12.96 - 3x) = 33.93
4x + 38.88 - 9x = 33.93
- 5x = - 4.95
x = 0.99 dollars
Putting the value of x in the first equation, we get
y = 12.96 - 3x
   = 12.96 - 2.97
   = 9.99 dollars