[litelegs]

If 6 cartons of burgers & 5 cartons of bags cost $80.00 and 5 cartons of burgers & 6 cartons of bags cost $85.00, how much does 1 carton of bags cost? And how much does 1 carton of burgers cost? :confused:

[robertva]

Solve ONE equation for one of the variables ( cost of one carton of bags = a times the cost of a carton of burgers + b). Note that a will not necessarily be greater than one and b will not necessarily be positive.

Substituting that result in the other equation WILL result in an equation containing only a single variable (cost of a carton of burgers - but in multiple positions) that you will be able to solve.

[litelegs]

Thank I figured it out the burgers are ten and the bags are five