The number of calories in a piece of pie is 20 less than three times the number of calories in a scoop of ice cream. The pie and ice cream together have 500 calorie. Write a system of equations that could be used to find the number of calories in each. Define your variables!
x = calories in pie
y = calories in ice cream
x = 3y - 20
x + y = 500
400
Is (8,5) a solution to the following system of equations? Solve the system, then check your work.
-3x + y = -19
x + y = 3
The price of a sweater is 5 less than twice the price of a shirt. If four sweaters and three shirts cost $200, find the price of each shirt and each sweater. (You must use a system of equations to solve)
x = $ of sweater
y = $ of shirt
x = 2y - 5
4x + 3y = 200
$20 and $35