Will bought 8 bagels and 5 muffins that cost him $28.85.gale went to the same store and bought 6 bagels and 7 muffins costing $26.09. abby went to the same store and bought 2 bagels and some muffins and spent $9.61. how many muffins did she buy?

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Set up the equations

 Let b = the cost of a bagel

and m = the cost of a muffin

You have a system of two equations:

2. Solve the equations

3. Calculate the number of muffins Abby bought

Let x = the number of muffins. Then

arrange the equations with like terms in columns.

analyze the coefficients of x or y.

add the equations and solve for the remaining variable.

substitute the value into either equation and solve.

check the solution.

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