Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
There are no solutions to the given system of equations.
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Answer:
<h2><em><u>-9</u></em></h2>
Step-by-step explanation:

<em><u>By</u></em><em><u> </u></em><em><u>putting</u></em><em><u> </u></em><em><u>the</u></em><em><u> </u></em><em><u>values</u></em><em><u> </u></em><em><u>of</u></em><em><u> </u></em><em><u>a</u></em><em><u> </u></em><em><u>=</u></em><em><u> </u></em><em><u>-4</u></em><em><u> </u></em><em><u>,</u></em><em><u> </u></em><em><u>b</u></em><em><u> </u></em><em><u>=</u></em><em><u> </u></em><em><u>9</u></em><em><u>,</u></em>



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= <em><u>-9 (Ans)</u></em>
Each student gets 2.5 cookies.
We know that there are 24 students there and 60 cookies, (since one ninth of 27 is 3 so 3 students are not there, and 24 are, and that 5 dozen is another way to write 60) we need to divide 60 by 24 which is 2.5.