On a recent trip to the convenience​ store, you picked up 3 gallons of​ milk, 4 bottles of​ water, and 8 ​snack-size bags of chips. your total bill​ (before tax) was $19.8. if a bottle of water costs twice as much as a bag of​ chips, and a gallon of milk costs ​$1.60 more than a bottle of​ water, how much does each item​ cost?

Mrs. julien’s and mrs. castillejo’s classes are selling cookie dough for a school fundraiser. customers can buy packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and packages of triple chocolate cookie dough. mrs. julien’s class sold 25 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 30 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $221.25. mrs. castillejo’s class sold 5 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 45 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $191.25. (a) write the system of equations that model the problem. be sure to explain which equation represents which situation. (b) find the cost of each type of cookie. show your work. (c) explain which method you used to solve the system and why you chose that method.