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During the youth baseball season, Carter grills and sells hamburgers and hot dogs at the Hillview baseball field. On Saturday, he sold 3030 hamburgers and 2525 hot dogs and earned a total of $195\$195. On Sunday, he sold 1515 hamburgers and 2020 hot dogs and earned a total of $120\$120.\newlineThis system of equations can be used to represent the situation.\newline\newlineComplete the sentence.\newlineHow much does Carter charge for a hot dog?\newline$\$____

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Q. During the youth baseball season, Carter grills and sells hamburgers and hot dogs at the Hillview baseball field. On Saturday, he sold 3030 hamburgers and 2525 hot dogs and earned a total of $195\$195. On Sunday, he sold 1515 hamburgers and 2020 hot dogs and earned a total of $120\$120.\newlineThis system of equations can be used to represent the situation.\newline\newlineComplete the sentence.\newlineHow much does Carter charge for a hot dog?\newline$\$____
  1. Define Prices: Let's define the price of a hamburger as h h dollars and the price of a hot dog as d d dollars. From the problem, we have two equations based on Carter's sales:\newline11. 30h+25d=195 30h + 25d = 195 (Saturday's sales)\newline22. 15h+20d=120 15h + 20d = 120 (Sunday's sales)
  2. Simplify Equations: To simplify, we can divide the second equation by 55:\newline3h+4d=24 3h + 4d = 24
  3. Eliminate h: Now, let's eliminate h h by multiplying the simplified equation by 1010 and the first equation by 3-3:\newline30h+40d=240 30h + 40d = 240 \newline90h75d=585 -90h - 75d = -585
  4. Add Equations: Adding these equations to eliminate h h :\newline35d=345 -35d = -345
  5. Solve for d: Solving for d d :\newlined=34535=9.857 d = \frac{-345}{-35} = 9.857

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