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Deandre and Eduardo when to the farmers market. Deandre purchased 15 tomatoes and 12 ears of corn, and Eduardo purshased 3 tomatoes and 10 ears of corn. If Deandre spent $58.32 and Eduardo spent $34.16, and both people purchased their items from the same vendor, how much did the vendor charge for a single tomato and a single ear of corn?

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  1. 11 May, 23:23
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    Single tomato=$1,32

    Single ear of corn=$3,21

    Step-by-step explanation:

    For this we need to express 2 inequalities with 2 unknown letters

    For Deandre we have:

    15 (x) + 12 (y) = 58,32

    x being the price for tomato and y for ears of corn

    For Eduardo we can use the same letters for price of tomatoes and ears of corn:

    3 (x) + 10 (y) = 34,16

    We can clear one letter in function of the other in one inequality

    3x=34,16-10y

    x = (34,16-10y) / 3

    and use this expression to solve the first

    15 ((34,16-10y) / 3) + 12y=58,32

    170,8-50y+15y=58,32

    112,48=35y

    3,21=y

    and y represents the price for each ear of corn

    15x+12 (3,21) = 58,32

    15x=19,8

    x=1,32

    x represents the price for each tomato
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