7.3 Practice A
7.3 Practice A
7.3 Practice A
For use with pages 411–417
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Electricians In Exercises 22–24, use the Travel Agency In Exercises 25 and 26, use
following information. the following information.
The yellow pages identify two different local A travel agency offers two Boston outings. Plan A
electrical businesses. Business A charges $50 for includes hotel accommodations for three nights and
a service call, plus an additional $40 per hour for two pairs of baseball tickets worth $645. Plan B
labor. Business B charges $30 for a service call, includes hotel accommodations for five nights and
plus an additional $45 per hour for labor. four pairs of baseball tickets worth $1135.
22. Let x represent the number of hours of labor 25. Let x represent the cost of one night’s hotel
and let y represent the total charge. Write a accommodation and let y represent the cost of
system of equations you could solve to find one pair of baseball tickets. Write a system of
the lengths of a service call for which both equations you could solve to find the cost of
businesses charge the same amount. one night’s hotel accommodation and one pair
23. Solve the system. of baseball tickets.
24. Which company would you use? Why? 26. Solve the system.