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Two grapefruits and three oranges cost $1.95. Three grapefruits and two oranges cost $2.05.
What are the costs of one grapefruit and one orange?

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Answer:

  • one orange costs $0.35  and  one grapefruit costs $0.45

Step-by-step explanation:

let grapefruits be g , let oranges be o

so first equation:

→2g + 3o  = $1.95

→g = ($1.95 - 3o)/2

so second equation:

→ 3g + 2o = $2.05

→ g = ($2.05 - 2o)/3

Solving simultaneously:

→ ($2.05 - 2o)/3 = ($1.95 - 3o)/2

→ 2($2.05 - 2o) = 3($1.95 - 3o)

→ 4.1 - 4o = 5.85 - 9o

→ - 4o + 9o = 5.85 - 4.1

→ 5o = 1.75

→ o = $0.35

Therefore one orange costs $0.35

Then one grapefruit costs g → ($1.95 - 3o)/2

                                               → g = ($1.95 - 3(0.35))/2

                                               → g = 0.45

Therefore one grapefruit costs $0.45

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