5. the health insurance company will pay 90% of the knee replacement surgery for mrs. pollard, after she pays a $500 deductible. the cost of her surgery is $31,700. how much will mrs. pollard pay for the surgery?

Mason and christian go to the movie theater and purchase refreshments for their friends. mason spends a total of $45.75 on 3 bags of popcorn and 6 drinks. christian spends a total of $71.50 on 6 bags of popcorn and 4 drinks. write a system of equations that can be used to find the price of one bag of popcorn and the price of one drink. using these equations, determine and state the price of a drink, to the nearest cent.