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14. A food stand sells tacos that come with either chicken or fish. On Monday they purchase 8 pounds of chicken and 3 pounds of fish and pay a total of $62.60. On Tuesday they are busier and must buy 11 pounds of chicken and 5 pounds of fish and pay a total of $93.25 for the two ingredients.

(a) Choose appropriate variables and model the information given in the problem as a system of equations. Be sure to use let statements to define what each variable represents. You do not need to solve the system in this part of the problem. ​

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Answer and Step by step explanation:

Let's use the following variables to represent the quantities and costs:

Let c be the cost per pound of chicken.

Let f be the cost per pound of fish.

The information given in the problem can be translated into a system of equations:

For Monday:

8c + 3f = 62.60

For Tuesday:

11c + 5 f= 93.25