Santa is preparing for a
long night of delivering toys.
he buyš his team of reindeer
9 packages of carrots and 12
packages of celery for $312.
chippy elf also buys the
reindeer 1 package of carrots
and 3 packages of celery for
$68. what is the cost of a
package of celery?

Cost of a package of celery = $20

Step-by-step explanation:

Let, x=carrots and y= celery.

So from the given data we get 2 equations

Equation 1]:-

------------(for 9 package carrot and 12 package celery)

Equation 2]:-

---------------(for 1 package carrot and 3 package celery)

After solving equation 2 we get,

------------------------(equation 3)

Now substituting equation 3 in equation 1,

∴

------------------(equation 4)

Therefore cost of a package of celery = $20

11%

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