The math team sold 42 hamburger meals and 15 ribs meals at the pep rally for a total of $243. at the game that night, they sold 36 hamburger meals and 30 ribs meals for a total of $294. what is the cost of 1 rib meal?

$5.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let h be the cost of each hamburger meal and r be the cost of each rib meal.

We have been given that the math team math team sold 42 hamburger meals and 15 ribs meals at the pep rally for a total of $243. We can represent this information in an equation as:

We are also told that math team also sold 36 hamburger meals and 30 ribs meals for a total of $294. We can represent this information in an equation as:

We will use substitution method to solve our system of equations. From equation (1) we will get,

Substituting this value in equation (2) we will get,

Now let us have a common denominator.

Therefore, the cost of 1 rib meal is $5.

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