Jasmine bought 2 lb of ham and 1.5 lb of cheese from the deli and paid $7.25 she went back the following week and bought 3 lb of ham and 2 lb of cheese and paid $10.50. if the prices remained the same find the price per pound of the ham and cheese

Given:

Jasmine bought 2 lb of ham and 1.5 lb of cheese from the deli and paid $7.25. She went back the following week and bought 3 lb of ham and 2 lb of cheese and Paid $10.50.

To Find:

The price per pound of the ham and cheese.

The price per pound of ham is $2.5 and the price per pound of cheese is $1.5

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the price per pound of ham be x and price per pound of cheese be y.

In her first trip, she bought 2lb of ham and 1.5lb of cheese and paid $7.25. This can be represented in terms of an equation as

...(1)

For the second trip, we can write

...(2)

We can multiply the first equation by 3 and the second equation by 2 so that the coefficient of x in both is equal.

So we get

...(3)

and

...(4)

We can now subtract equation (4) from (3). We get

which means

Substituting this value of y in (2),

So, the price per pound of ham is $2.5 and the price per pound of cheese is $1.5

So first you have to find how much is vacant by subtracting 45600 and 38799
45600-38799= 6801

To find the percentage of the ocuupancy divide 38799 by 45600 to get about 0.85

You move the decimal two places to the right to make it a percent of 85%.

You would need 5% more to fill it 90%.
To find 5 percent of 45600 multiply 45600 by 0.05 because 0.05 equals 5%.
After multiplying you get 2280.

So, 6801 square feet is vacant
85% is occupied
To make it 90% occupied you would need 2280 more square feet