A furniture store has a sale during which the sale price of a sofa is 1/3 off its original price. The original price of the sofa is $1,029. A customer can get an additional 5% discount off the sale price for paying with cash. At
checkout, a 6.5% sales tax on the final price is added to the cost of the sofa. What is the total cost of the sofa,
including sales tax, for a customer paying with cash?

Mason and christian go to the movie theater and purchase refreshments for their friends. mason spends a total of $45.75 on 3 bags of popcorn and 6 drinks. christian spends a total of $71.50 on 6 bags of popcorn and 4 drinks. write a system of equations that can be used to find the price of one bag of popcorn and the price of one drink. using these equations, determine and state the price of a drink, to the nearest cent.