Question

Luke raises rabbits and raccoons to sell for meat. The price of raccoon meat is three times the price of rabbit meat. One day luke sold 160 pounds of meat, $72 worth of each type. What is the price per pound of each type of meat?

Answer 1

Let A be price of raccoon meat, B the price of rabbit meat, x is pounds of raccoon meat sold
A = 3B
A*x = 72
B*(160-x) = 72

Answer 2

Use substitution
3B*x = 72
Bx = 24
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160B -Bx = 72
160B - 24 = 72
160B = 96
B = 96/160 = 6/10 = 0.6
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A = 3*0.6 = 1.8