Some friends decided to equally split the cost of the apples to make applesauce. the expression 18b5 represents how much money each person had to pay in dollars for b bushels of apples.

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3. mr. sanchez’s class sold fruit pies for $1.65 each and mr. kelly’s class sold bottles of fruit juice for $1.36 each. together, the classes sold 79 items and earned $118.17 for their school. (a) write and solve a system of equations that model the problem. show all your work. (b) which class earned more money? (c) how much more money did that class earn?