Cory, Josh and Dan went shopping for Halloween treats. Cory bought 3 chocolate pumpkins, 4 masks and 8 candy witches. He spent $36.65. Josh bought 5 chocolate pumpkins,3 masks and 10 candy witches. He spent $37.50. Dan bought 4 chocolate pumpkins, 5 masks and 6 candy witches. He spent $43.45. Write a system of equations to represent this problem.

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Answer:

[tex]\left\{\begin{matrix}3x+4y+8z=36.65\\ 5x+3y+10z=37.50\\ 4x+5y+6z=43.35\end{matrix}\right.[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

System of equations

Let's set the following variables:

x=Price of chocolate pumpkins

y=Price of masks

z=Price of candy witches

We'll establish the system of equations needed to know the prices of all the Halloween treats.

Cory bought 3 chocolate pumpkins, 4 masks, and 8 candy witches and he spent $36.65. This leads to the following equation:

[tex]3x+4y+8z=36.65\qquad\qquad [1][/tex]

Josh bought 5 chocolate pumpkins, 3 masks, and 10 candy witches and he spent $37.50. This leads to the following equation:

[tex]5x+3y+10z=37.50\qquad\qquad [2][/tex]

Dan bought 4 chocolate pumpkins, 5 masks, and 6 candy witches and he spent $43.45. This leads to the following equation:

[tex]4x+5y+6z=43.35\qquad\qquad [3][/tex]

Collecting the equations [1] [2] [3], we form the system of equations to represent this problem:

[tex]\left\{\begin{matrix}3x+4y+8z=36.65\\ 5x+3y+10z=37.50\\ 4x+5y+6z=43.35\end{matrix}\right.[/tex]

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