During a recent campaign, a candidate purchased two television commercials and one radio commercial for $29,250 in September. In October, she spent $62,250 on four television ads and three radio ads. In the equations below, r represents the cost of one radio commercial and t represents the cost of one television commercial.

2t + r = $29,250
4t + 3r + $62,250

What is the cost, in dollars, of one television ad?

**Can someone please show me how to do this? I keep coming up with the wrong answer...

Question

During a recent campaign, a candidate purchased two television commercials and one radio commercial for $29,250 in September. In October, she spent $62,250 on four television ads and three radio ads. In the equations below, r represents the cost of one radio commercial and t represents the cost of one television commercial.

2t + r = $29,250
4t + 3r + $62,250

What is the cost, in dollars, of one television ad?

**Can someone please show me how to do this? I keep coming up with the wrong answer...

anonymous · Answer

2t = 2550
one TV ad costs $1275

anonymous · Answer

thank you! But do you know how to solve it?

anonymous · Answer

Multiply the first equation by 3
that gives 6t + 3r = 87750
subtract the second equation
that leaves you with 2t = 25500
and you get $12750
I missed a 0 in the first one, sorry

anonymous · Answer

Oh my gosh, thank you sooo much!