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Question 12 • Mathematics 8

In one hour, a bakery sold 5 muffins and 9 bagels for total of $⁢25.50. The next hour, the bakery sold 3 muffins and 12 bagels for a total of $⁢28.50. Let m represent the price of one muffin and b represent the cost of one bagel. Draco wrote the following system of linear equations to solve for the cost of each item. 5 m plus 9 b is equal to 28 point 5 0 3 m plus 12 b is equal to 25 point 5 0 What is Draco’s error?

Answer
A
Draco should have written the second equation as 5 m plus 12 b is equal to 28 point 5 0 .
B
Draco should have written the first equation as 3 m plus 9 b is equal to 25 point 5 0 .
C
Draco should have written 9 b in the second equation and 12 b in the first equation.
D
Draco should have set the first equation equal to 25 point 5 0 and the second equation equal to 28 point 5 0 .
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