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Despite his name, Mr. Bean likes to eat lots of fruit. He finds that four apples and two oranges cost £1.54 and that two oranges and four bananas cost £1.70. How much would he have to pay if he bought one apple, one orange and one banana?

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The cost of one apple, one orange and one banana is $0.81

To solve this equation, we would write out equations on this.

  • let x represent apples
  • let y represent orange
  • z represent bananas

What is an Equation

This is a mathematical statement used to represent word problems.

[tex]4x+2y=1.54...equation(i)\\2y+4z= 1.70...equation (ii)[/tex]

when we add both equations, the resultant value is

[tex]4x+4y+4z=3.24[/tex]

We can further divide through by 4 to know the cost of one apple, one orange and one banana

[tex]\frac{4x+4y+4z}{4}=\frac{3.24}{4}\\ x+y+z=0.81[/tex]

It would cost Mr. Bean $0.81 to purchase one apple, one orange and one banana.

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