Michelle went to the farmers market and bought 2 sweet potatoes and 3 red peppers for $2.90 after considering the excellent prices , she returned and bought 2 red peppers and 1 sweet potato for $1.80 . How much did she pay for each red pepper at the market?

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Originally Posted by teacherjenn4

Do you know how to set up this problem? We help on this site, but we don't do homework for you.

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No this is what I'm trying to do, I'm not asking for the answer

Choose a variable for the sweet potatoes, such as S, and another one for the peppers, such as P. Then you can make two equations and solve for the variables. Does that help?