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Unit 2-6: Systems of Equations Application


Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
Provided:
·      Alex purchased 1 adult ticket and 2 student tickets for a total of  $22. 
·      Jen purchased 1 adult ticket and 3 student tickets for a total of  $28. 
What is the price of a student ticket?
      Let a = cost of adult ticket                  Let s = cost of student ticket
Write the two equations which could be used to solve this problem using elimination.
a.
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c.
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b.
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d.
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 2. 
A movie theater is selling only one size of popcorn and one size of soft drink.

·  Jason purchased 2 popcorns  and 3 soft drinks for a total of $23. 
·  Ann  purchased 3 popcorns  and 4 soft drinks for a total of $32.50.   

How much does a single popcorn cost?

a.
$4.00
c.
$5.00
b.
$4.50
d.
$5.50
 

 3. 
A company that sold fish for an aquarium had a special one weekend on tetras and angel fish.

-  The store sold a total of 110 of those types of fish over the weekend. 
-  The tetras each sold for $0.40 and the angel fish each sold for $1.20. They made a total of $80 in selling those fish. 

Which system of equations best represnts this situation if  t = the number of tetras and a = the number of angel fish.
a.
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c.
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b.
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d.
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 4. 
There are two companies that sell mobile internet services for tablets.

h”Speedy Net” charges $20 each month plus $3 per Gigabyte of data.
h”Quick Connect” charges $30 each month plus $1 per Gigabyte of data.

Which of the graphs below correctly display this infomation in a graph?
a.
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c.
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b.
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d.
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