Two equivalent fractions would be 8/10
and 12/15<span />
(I would recommend changing the wording a bit.)
At 11 am Lacy get's paid around 50 dollars for something such as work. The money sits in her purse until 1:15pm when she pays for something such as food.
The first option is correct (:
Multiply the first equation by 3 and the second equation by 2:

Subtract the two equation to get rid of the x variable:

Use the value of y to determine the value of x: for example, using the first equation we have
