Question

A party rental company has chairs and tables for rent. The total cost to rent to rent 7 chairs and 9 tables is $80. The total cost to rent 5 and 3 tables is $34. What is the cost to rent each chair and each table?

Answer 1

system of equatons...let rent for table be x and for chair y
7y+9x=80
5y+3x=34

Answer 2

yeah i'm terrible at that lol.

Answer 3

Try multiplying the second equation he gave you throughout by 3. And then subtract the two equations.

Answer 4

@atlantaslast

Answer 5

I g ot 5.75 for one answer, am I correct?

Answer 6

You should get x=6.7 and y=2.7 :)

Answer 7

Thanks :)

Answer 8

No problem :)