Each drink costs $3.25 and each popcorn costs $8.
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1:
Assume each drink costs x dollars and each popcorn costs y dollars.
From the given data, we can write the following equations;
[tex]12x + y = 47[/tex], take this as equation 1,
[tex]3x+9y=81.75[/tex], take this as equation 2.
Step 2:
We multiply equation 2 with 4 so we can cancel out the variable x in both equations. By doing this we get
[tex]3x+9y = 81.75[/tex], take this as equation 3. When we subtract 3 from 1, the x variable is canceled out and y can be calculated.
[tex]-35y = -280, y = \frac{280}{35} = 8[/tex]
Step 3:
Substituting this value of y in any of the previous equations we will get x's value.
Here this value of y is substituted in equation 1.
[tex]12x+8 = 47, 12x= 39[/tex],
[tex]x=\frac{39}{12} = 3.25[/tex]
So we have x = $3.25 and y = $8. So each drink costs $3.25 and each popcorn costs $8.
