Two customers each purchase towels and washcloths from a home goods store. Each towel costs the same amount, and each washcloth
costs the same amount.
• Customer 1 pays $34.80 for 8 towels and 4 washcloths.
• Customer 2
pays
12 towels and 8 washcloths.
$55.20 for
What is the cost, in dollars and cents, of each washcloth?

towel: 3.60 ; washcloth: 1.50

Step-by-step: X represents the number of towels. Y represents the number of washcloths.

8x + 4y = 34.80

12x + 8y = 55.20

16x + 8y = 69.60

4x = 14.40

x = 3.60

y = 1.50

first anwser choice.

step-by-step explanation:

the greater/less or equal to symbol (> or < with the line at the bottom) is a closed/filled in circle.

-5c + 2 _< _27

subtract from both sides by 2

-5c _< _ 27

divide both sides by -5

c _< _ 5.4

flip the inequality sign

c _> _5.4

the only possible answer that would match the simplified inequality is the first answer choice

none of the above.

for one of the equations to be used in the process, there has to be a term in the equation since squared is .

since there is only a term in the first equation, we cannot derive a from completing the square.

solving with completing the square