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SECONDARY MATHI /) MODULES
SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES -58
5.8 Shopping for Cats and Dogs
CCBY Mike Mozart
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A Develop Understanding Task
Clarita is upset with Carlos because he has been buying cat and dog food without recording
the price of each type of food in their accounting records, Instead, Carlos has just recorded the total
price of each purchase, even though the total cost includes more that one type of food. Carlos is
now trying to figure out the price of each type of food by reviewing some recent purchases
{As Carlos is examining the first set of purchases he realizes that he can figure out the cost of
the individual items just by reasoning about the numbers and the assumption that the price of each
item remained the same for each shopping trip. Clarita is surprised that Carlos can find the
individual prices without using tables, graphs or algebra.
See if you can reason about these shopping scenarios as well as Carlos by figuring out the
cost of each item purchased, without using tables, graphs or equations.
1. One week Carlos bought 3 bags of Tabitha Tidbits and 4 bags of Figaro Flakes for $43.00.
‘The next week he bought 3 bags of Tabitha Tidbits and 6 bags of Figaro Flakes for $54.00.
Based on this information, figure out the price of one bag of each type of cat food. Explain
your reasoning. Ze+ut =u2 -26 b= $350, 1= $400
4, B+ 1850 7e=1750 = t= $250, b= $425
2b—3e= 1.00
3e+ $d = 22.75 6e+10d= 4550 , ge =
S pe43d= 1425 6c49d = 42.75 a= $2.75, ¢= $3.00
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