Customers can buy small boxes of oranges and large boxes of oranges. Sara sold 2 small and 8 large. This gave her a total of 96$. Nora sold 8 small and 9 large. this gave her a total of 131$. What is the cost of each small and large box?

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anonymous · Answer

$$2x+8y=36$$$$8x+9y=131$$ solve for $x$ and $y$

anonymous · Answer

unfortunately you get really ugly fractions as an answer, so maybe i misread the question

anonymous · Answer

is there a typo here? you can view the answer for yourself, i checked it twice http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2x%2B8y%3D36%2C8x%2B9y%3D131

anonymous · Answer

omg yes the 36 should be 96