Which method to use?
Solve for X
Write a system of equations
Solution, IMS, or no solution?
100
y=5x+3

y=7x+9

Equal values method
100
t=x/n
x=tn
100
At the bake sale 182 pies were sold. The school sold blueberry and peach pies. The peach pies cost $7.50 and the blueberry pies cost $6.25. The total amount the school made was $195. Write a system of equations for this situation.

(Let p=# of peach pies sold and b=# of blueberry pies sold.)

195=7.5p+6.25b

182=p+b

100
y=8x+3

y=8x+3

IMS
200
347=5x+3y 

17=9x-3y

Elimination Method
200
mx+b=y
x=(y-b)/m
200
At Sarah's school, they got new chairs and desks. Each chair cost $3 and each desk cost $5. In all the school bought 28 chairs and desks for $106. Write a system of equations to represent this situation. (let c=# of chairs, let d=# of desks)
106=3c+5d

28=c+d

200
y=2x-4 

y=2x+21

No solution
300
x=2y-1

3x+y=36

Substitution
300
lm+tx=b
x=(b-lm)/t
300
Dougg collected seashells at two beaches. At the first beach he collected 4 less than twice the amount of seashells he collected on the second beach. He ended up collecting 260 seashells in all. (let f=# of seashells colected on first beach and let s= # of seashells collected at the second beach.)
260=f+s

f=2s-4

300
y=18x-5 

y=x+1

Solution
400
14=2x+7y

6=6x+-y

Elimination
400
x/m+lr=y
x=my-mlr
400
y=-6x+3 

y=6x-3

Solution
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