Kory bought 2 boxes of candy and 1 soda at the movies and paid $8.00.christopher bought 1 box of candy and 1 soda and paid $5.50. how much does 1 box of candy cost?how much does 1 soda cost? {answer with justification}
Let c represent candy and s soda. 2c+s=8 c+s=5.5 Solving the pair of simultaneous equations by eliminating s, c=2.5 Representing the value of c in equation 1; 5+s=8 s=3 So, a box of Candy costs 2.5 and a soda costs 3
