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please help Mofor and Shanice are selling fruit for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of oranges and large boxes of o
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Mofor and Shanice are selling fruit for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of oranges and large boxes of oranges. Mofor sold 12 small boxes of oranges and 3 large boxes of oranges for a total of $96. Shanice sold 6 small boxes of oranges and 6 large boxes of oranges for a total of $84. Find the cost each of one small box of oranges and one large box of oranges.
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Answer:
$6 = cost of small box
$8 = cost of large box
Step-by-step explanation:
Let s = cost of small box
l = cost of large box
(1) 12s + 3l = 96 (2) 6s + 6l = 84
Multiply by -2 -24s – 6l = -192
-18s = – 108
s = $6 = cost of small box
12(6) + 3l = 96
72 + 3l = 96
3l = 24
l = $8 = cost of large box