During a sale at the market, steaks sold for $2 and watermelons sold for $1.50. Declan spent $10 and bought a total of 6 steaks and watermelons. How many of each did he buy?
Let us represent
Steaks = x
Water melons = y
Our system of equations is given as:
x + y = 6.. Equation 1
x = 6 - y
During a sale at the market, steaks sold for $2 and watermelons sold for $1.50.