2. Mrs. Monty bought 10 chickens and 4 ducks for $274. If, however, she had
bought 4 chickens and 3 ducks the total cost would have been $160. Write down two
equations in c and d to represent the information given above. Hence, solve the
equations to determine the cost of a chicken and the cost of a duck.
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So the first thing we do is to multiply the top equation by 3. the reason i want to do this is i notice there will be a 6y on both equations and can possibly add/subtract them. so we get 6y = -3x + 27. adding that and the second equation we get 6x = 27-15 which is 12. divide by 6 and we get 2. ∴ x = 2. substituting 2 into the first equation we get 2y = -2 + 9 which is 7. divide by 2 and we get 7/2. ∴ y = 7/2, x = 2.