Question

At Clucker's Chicken, a bucket of 4 pieces of dark meat and 5 pieces of white meat costs 7.05. A bucket of 3 pieces of dark meat and 8 pieces of white meat costs 8.90. Find the cost of a piece of dark meat and the cost of a piece of white meat.

Answer 1

Answer:

The cost of a piece of dark meat is $0.70 and the cost of a piece of white meat is $0.85.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

At Clucker's Chicken, a bucket of 4 pieces of dark meat and 5 pieces of white meat costs 7.05.

A bucket of 3 pieces of dark meat and 8 pieces of white meat costs 8.90.

Now, to find the cost of a piece of dark meat and the cost of a piece of white meat.

Let the cost of a piece of dark meat be $x.$

And the cost of a piece of white meat be $y.$

A bucket of 4 pieces of dark meat and 5 pieces of white meat costs $7.05.

So,

$4x+5y=7.05$

$4x=7.05-5y$  

$x=\frac{7.05-5y}{4}$   .......(1)

Now, a bucket of 3 pieces of dark meat and 8 pieces of white meat costs $8.90.

$3x+8y=8.90$

Substituting the value of $x$ from equation (1) we get:

$3(\frac{7.05-5y}{4})+8y=8.90$

$\frac{21.15-15y}{4} +8y=8.90$

$\frac{21.15-15y+32y}{4} =8.90$

Multiplying both sides by 4 we get:

$21.15-15y+32y=35.60$

$21.15+17y=35.60$

Subtracting both sides by 21.15 we get:

$17y=14.45$

Dividing both sides by 17 we get:

$y=0.85$

The cost of a piece of white meat = $0.85.

Now, substituting the value of $y$ in equation (1) we get:

$x=\frac{7.05-5y}{4}$

$x=\frac{7.05-5\times 0.85}{4}$

$x=\frac{7.05-4.25}{4}$

$x=\frac{2.8}{4}$

$x=0.70.$

The cost of a piece of dark meat = $0.70.

Therefore, the cost of a piece of dark meat is $0.70 and the cost of a piece of white meat is $0.85.