Samantha went to a concession stand and bought three pretzels and four sodas and paid a total of $11.25 for them. Raza went to the same stand and bought five pretzels and two sodas and paid a total of $8.25. (a) Could pretzels have cost \$1.75 each and sodas $1.50 each ? How can you evaluate based on the information given ?
(b) Letting x equal the unit cost of a pretzel and letting y equal the unit cost of a soda, write a system of equations that models the information given .
(c) Solve the system of equations using the elimination method or a matrix,
(d) Leah went to the same concession stand and bought two sodas, how many pretzels would she need to buy so that she spent the same amount on both