Formulate a system of equations to represent this situation, with f = the amount of money that Frank spent and r = the amount of money that Rachel spent. Frank and Rachel spent a total of $15.75. If Rachel spends twice as much money as Frank, how much money did they each spend?
Accepted Solution
A:
We have:
f: the amount of money that Frank spent. r = the amount of money that Rachel spent.
The system of equations that represents this situation is:
1) f+r=15.75 2)r=2f
Let's substitute r=2f into the equation 1):
f+r=15.75 f+2f=15.75 3f=15.75 f=15.75/3 f=5.25
Now, we must substitute f=5.25 into the second equation, as it shows below:
r=2f r=2x5.25 r=10.50
How much money did they each spend? The answer is: