$7.18 / 2 = $3.59 per pound
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so 1 lb = $3.59
2 lbs = 2* $3.59 = $7.18
3 lbs = 3 * $3.59 = $10.77....
The easiest way to do this is to put each term in the numerator over the denominator and do the division/reducing for each one. Like this:

. The first term reduces to

, the second to

, and the third to 3. Putting them all together with the signs in between we have
here,
2x-6y= -12
2(x-3y)= -12
x-3y = -6...........eq1
x+2y=14............eq2
we can subtract the above two given equations
we get,

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so,
y=4
now to find the value of x we have to substitute the value of y in any of the above two equations, I choose eq2
we get,

<h3>so,</h3><h3> x=6,y=4</h3>