elimination

A party rental company has chairs and tables for rent. The total cost to rent 5 chairs and 3 tables is $37. The total cost to rent 2 chairs and 6 tables is $64. What is the cost to rent each chair and each table? Let c be the cost of renting one chair and t be the cost of renting one table...

A Bouquet of lillies and tulips has 12 flowers. Lillies cost $3 each, and tulips cost $2 each. The bouquet costs $32. Write and solve a system of linear equations to find the number of lillies and tulips in the bouquet. Let l be the number of lillies and t be the number of tulips. We're given 2...

A cash register contains $5 bills and $20 bills with a total value of $180 . If there are 15 bills total, then how many of each does the register contain? Let f be the number of $5 dollar bills and t be the number of $20 bills. We're given the following equations: f + t = 15 5f + 20t = 180...

There were 175 tickets sold for the upcoming event in the gym. If students tickets cost $5 and adult tickets are $8, tell me how many tickets were sold if gate receipts totaled $1028? Let s be the number of student tickets and a be the number of adult tickets. We are given: a + s = 175 8a + 5s...

There are two numbers. The sum of 4 times the first number and 3 times the second number is 24. The difference between 2 times the first number and 3 times the second number is 24. Find the two numbers. Let the first number be x and the second number be y. We have 2 equations: 4x + 3y = 24 2x...

A person has $13,000 invested in stock A and stock B. Stock A currently sells for $20 a share and stock B sells for $90 a share. If stock B triples in value and stock A goes up 50%, his stock will be worth $33,000. How many shares of each stock does he own? Set up the given equations, where A...

Joel bought 88 books. Some books cost $13 each and some cost $17 each. In all, he spent $128. Which system of linear equations represents the given situation? Let a be the number of the $13 book, and b equal the number of $17 books. We have the following system of linear equations: a + b = 88...

Kim, Jenny, and Wendy are basketball players. Each plays a different position (guard, forward, and center) and wears a different number (30, 32, and 35).Kim and number 30 are too small to play center. Number 35 is the center. Neither Kim nor Wendy is the forward. Who plays guard, and what...