Keisha bought cups of coffee and bagels for the people in her office. each bagel cost $2 and each cup of coffee cost $1.50. keisha spent a total of $40 to buy 23 items. let x represent the number of bagels and y represent the number of cups of coffee.

The number of bagels is 11 and the cups of coffee is 12.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Keisha bought cups of coffee and bagels for the people in her office. Each bagel cost $2 and each cup of coffee cost $1.50.

Keisha spent a total of $40 to buy 23 items.

Now, to find the number of cups of bagels and coffee.

As given in question:

Let represent the number of bagels.

And represent the number of cups of coffee.

So, the total number of items:

   ......(1)

Now, the total money spent on items:

Substituting the value of from equation (1):

Subtracting both sides by 46 we get:

Dividing both sides by -0.50 we get:

The number of cups of coffee = 12.

Now, to get the number of bagel we substitute the value of in equation (1):

The number of bagels = 11.

Therefore, the number of bagels is 11 and the cups of coffee is 12.

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