Marietta was given a raise of $0.50 per hour, which gave her a new wage of $18.75 per hour. Enter and solve an equation to determine Marietta's hourly wage, x, before the raise.
Complete the explanation to show that your answer is reasonable.
The equation is
= 18.75.
Marietta's hourly wage before the raise was $
Marietta received a raise that was less than $1.00 per hour, so her new hourly wage should
be less than $ (select) + $1 = $19.25. Her new hourly wage of $18.75 is less than $19.25,
so the answer is reasonable.

(50 ) 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.