At the movie theatre, 9 people bought movie meals for a total of $54. They chose between a meal that costs $6 and a meal that costs $8. The system of equations is graphed below. Use the graph to answer these three questions.

https://go.flvs.net/courses/1/flvs_79_3600_cffc0c151398115/ppg/educator_math3/v10/04_09_88.jpg

Part 1: What are the coordinates of the solution?

Part 2: How many people bought $6 meals?

Part 3: How many people bought $8 meals?

Question

At the movie theatre, 9 people bought movie meals for a total of $54. They chose between a meal that costs $6 and a meal that costs $8. The system of equations is graphed below. Use the graph to answer these three questions.

https://go.flvs.net/courses/1/flvs_79_3600_cffc0c151398115/ppg/educator_math3/v10/04_09_88.jpg


Part 1: What are the coordinates of the solution?

Part 2: How many people bought $6 meals?

Part 3: How many people bought $8 meals?

anonymous · Answer

2 graphs intersects at the point (9,0), 
where 9 – amount of $6 meals, 0-  amount of $8 meals. 
There are 9 people bought $6 meals.
There are 0 people bought $8 meals.