Unit 5 - Lesson 03 - Solving Systems of Equations with Elimination

Solve each system using elimination:

A rental company charges a flat fee of x dollars for a floor sander rental plus y dollars per hour of the rental. One customer rents a floor sander for 4 hours and pays $63. Another customer rents a floor sander for 6 hours and pays $87.

Two families go to a hockey game. One family purchases two adult tickets and four youth tickets for $28. Another family purchases four adult tickets and five youth tickets for $45.50. Let x represent the cost in dollars of one adult ticket and let y represent the cost in dollars of on youth ticket.

Use elimination to solve the following systems: