Melinda sold packages of gourmet coffee, x, and pastries, y, at a school fundraiser. The packages of coffee sold for $6 each and pastries sold for $4 each. At the end of the fundraiser, she had sold 2 more packages of coffee than pastries and made $72 in total sales for the fundraiser.

gourmet coffee or x: 8 packages

pastries or y: 6 packages

8 packages of coffee that each cost $6 each is 8x6 which is 48

6 packages of pastries that each cost $4 each is 6x4 which is 24

If you add 48 and 24 together, you get $72, and also there are 2 more coffee packages than pastries packages

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