A woman plans to play poker at a casino.
She buys 27 chips that are red and blue.
The red chips cost 5 dollars per chip and the blue chips cost 15 dollars per chip.
If the total value of her chips is 285 dollars,
how many red chips and how many blue chips does she have?
Let (x) be the number of red chips and (y) be the number of blue chips.
Write an equation that expresses the information in the sentence "A woman buys 27 chips that are red and
blue." _______
Write an equation that expresses the information in the sentence "The total value of of her chips is 285
dollars."_______
Solve the system you have written above.
The number of red chips, x is _____
The number of blue chips, y is______
