Let's use K for Kona and F for Fuji. The system of equations has to be a balanced system. For example, you can't mix the number of pounds of beans with the cost for each because pounds and dollars are different and you can only combine like terms...pounds with pounds and dollars with dollars. So let's start with the number of pounds. Since we don't know how much of each he bought we have the 2 unknowns, F and K, but we DO know that he bought 23 pounds total. So the first equation is
K + F = 23
Now let's see what we can do with the dollars. Again, we don't know how much he bought of each kind of coffee, but we do know that Kona beans cost $11 per pound and that Fuji beans cost $7.50 per pound, and we know that he spent a total of $197. So let's set that up:
11K + 7.50F = 197
Those are your 2 equations. It doesn't say you need to solve them, so you're done.
<u>Answer:</u>
The interest after 3 years is $360
<u>Explanation:</u>
Given the principal amount (P) = $3000
Rate of interest (R) = 0.04
Time period (T) is given as 3 years
The Simple Interest is calculated by the formula;

Substituting the values in the above formula,

SI = $360
Therefore, the interest after 3 years is $360
Question:
Find numbers a and k so that x-2 is a factor of

and

Answer:
and 
Step-by-step explanation:
Given



Required
Find a and k
For 
Substitute -1 for x





Substitute 3 for f(-1)

Collect Like Terms


Also:
If
is a factor, then

Substitute 2 for x and 0 for f(x)





Collect Like Terms



Substitute 12a - 14 for k in 


Collect Like Terms


Solve for a


Substitute 1 for a in 



The factors of 15 are 1, 3, 5 and 15. Now, as 1 is neither prime and nor a composite number (1 is not Prime because for a number to be a prime, it should have exact 2 factors i.e. 1 and itself, but 1 has only one factor. Therefore 1 is not prime.)
So the smallest prime factor of 15 is 3.
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