Alady bought plates and bowls, 24 items in all. the price of each bowl was 60 cents; the price of each plate was 75 cents. the cost of the whole purchase was $15. how many plates did the lady buy?

4

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the number of plates and y be the number of bowls.

then , According to the question, we have

From (1),

Substitute the value of y in (2), we get

Hence, the number of plates the lady bought = 4

answer: yes, since the line has a steeper rate of change than the exponential the y-values will be greater and they will only intersect one time.