EOY 2020 Algebra 1
Question: 1-2
Grace wants to buy some new clothes, but she cannot afford more than $75 before the sales tax is added. The blouses she wants are priced $17 each and the pants she wants are priced $25
each. Which inequality could be used to determine b, the number of blouses, and p, the number of pants Grace can afford?

Mrs. julien’s and mrs. castillejo’s classes are selling cookie dough for a school fundraiser. customers can buy packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and packages of triple chocolate cookie dough. mrs. julien’s class sold 25 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 30 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $221.25. mrs. castillejo’s class sold 5 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 45 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $191.25. (a) write the system of equations that model the problem. be sure to explain which equation represents which situation. (b) find the cost of each type of cookie. show your work. (c) explain which method you used to solve the system and why you chose that method.