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DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS???A store is having a sale on chocolate chips and walnuts. For 3 pounds of chocolate chips and 2 pounds of walnuts, the total cost is $13. For 8 pounds of chocolate chips and 4 pounds of walnuts, the total cost is $33. Find the cost for each pound of chocolate chips and each pound of walnuts. Cost of each pound of chocolate chips: $___Cost for each pound of Walnuts:$___

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Answer:Cost of a pound of chocolate chips: $3.5Cost of a pound of walnuts: $1.25Step-by-step explanation:x - cost of a pound of chocolate chipsy - cost of a pound of walnutsWe create two equations based on the information we have:3x+2y=138x+4y=33The whole point of these problems os to get rid of x or y. In this question, we can do this by multiplying both sides of the first equation by 2, and then subtracting it from the second equation:8x+4y=336x+4y=262x=7x=3.5Then we change x for 3.5 in the first equation:3Γ—3.5+2y=1310.5+2y=132y=2.5y=1.25Hope this helps!