Question

Mrs. Harding sometimes makes her melon salad for special events. When she made it a couple months ago, she used 7 pounds of honeydew melon and 3 pounds of watermelon, which cost her $20. Today, she used 4 pounds of honeydew melon and 3 pounds of watermelon, spending a total of $14 on the melons. Assuming that the prices of the melons haven't changed, how much does a pound of each type of melon cost?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Let's say let h = honeydew melon, w = watermelon.
So from the information in the question we can formulate two equation :)
7h + 3w = 20
4h + 3w = 14
Now we can solve the two equations by subtraction.