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Hamburgers and Bags of Chips Were Sold at a Concession Stand. One Family Paid 8.00 for 2 Hamburgers and 3 Bags of Chips. Another Family

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Hamburgers and bags of chips were sold at a concession stand. One family paid 8.00 for 2 hamburgers and 3 bags of chips. Another family paid 16.50 for 5 hamburgers and 4 bags of chips. Which system of equations can be used to determine the price in dollars of a hamburget, x, and the price in dollars of a bag chips, y? 3x+2y=8 Din 4x+5y=16.5 5x+4y=8 Din) 2x+3y=16.5 2x+5y=8 Di) 3x+4y=16.5 2x+3y=8 Di) 5x+4y=16.5

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Answer

### D. and

Explanation

## Step 1: Define Variables### Let be the price of a hamburger and be the price of a bag of chips.## Step 2: Formulate Equations### The first family bought 2 hamburgers and 3 bags of chips for 2x + 3y = 8 16.50. This can be represented as .