Astore is having a sale on jelly beans and almonds. for 6 pounds of jelly beans and 2 pounds of almonds, the total cost is $12 . for 3 pounds of jelly beans and 5 pounds of almonds, the total cost is $15 . find the cost for each pound of jelly beans and each pound of almonds.

Solution:

Let each pond of  jelly beans cost $x.

and each pond of almonds cost $y.

Then we can write

Now solve these two equations together using substitution we get

Hence each pond of jelly bean cost 1.25$

Each pond of almond costs 2.25$

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