At a candy store, Brooke bought 1 pound of jelly beans and 6 pounds
of gummy worms for $42
Meanwhile, Ken bought 5 pounds
of jelly beans and 4 pounds of
gummy worms for $54. How
much does one pound of jelly
beans and one pound of gummy
worms candy cost?

One pound of jelly  beans and one pound of gummy  worms candy cost $6 each

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Let

Jelly Beans

Gummy worms

So, we have:

Brook

Ken

Make J the subject in the first equation

Substitute in

Open bracket

Collect like terms

Divide both sides by -26

Substitute in

f

step-by-step explanation:

f