Brianna went into a bakery and bought 2 cookies and 3 brownies, costing a total of $9.50. Nevaeh went into the same bakery and b
ought 10 cookies and 6 brownies, costing a total of $20.50. Write a system of equations that could be used to determine the price of each cookie and the price of each brownie. Define the variables that you use to write the system.
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Answer:
A. $2,000
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent Caitlin's monthly income and y represent Tim's monthly income.
We have been given that Caitlin has a car payment of $300 per month, which is 10% of her monthly income.
We can represent this information in an equation as:
Therefore, Caitlin's monthly income would be $3000.
We are also told that after Caitlin is married to Tim, her car payment will only be 6% of their combined monthly income.
This means that 6% of x plus y is equal to 300.
Therefore, Tim's monthly income is $2,000 and option A is the correct choice.