A party rental company has chairs and tables to rent. There were two customers who rented both chairs and tables last week. The table below shows the number of chairs, the number of tables, and the total cost in dollars) for those two customers.
Number
of chairs
3
Number
of tables
5
Total cost
(in dollars)
37
o
First
customer
Second
customer
12
2
31
Let x be the cost (in dollars) to rent a chair.
Let y be the cost (in dollars) to rent a table.
E
х
$
?
(a) Write a system of equations that could be used to find the rental cost (in dollars) of each chair
and each table
3x + 5y = 37
12x + 2y = 31
(b) How much does each chair and each table cost (in dollars) to rent?
Cost to rent each chair: S
Cost to rent each table: s
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