Abigail Henderson has
$1740.00
budgeted for spending money on an upcoming trip to Country A and Country B. Country A's currency is trading at
$1.40
per currency A, and Country B's currency is trading at
$1.60
per currency B. She plans to spend more time in Country A, so she wants to have three times as much of currency A as currency B. Set up and solve a system of equations to model this problem, and explain what the answer means in practical terms. Complete the equation that represents the total cost of purchasing currency. Let x be the number of currency
A
and
y
the number of currency
B
.
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=1740.00
(Do not include the
$
symbol in your answers. Do not simplify. Use integers or decimals for any numbers in the equation.) Complete the equation that represents the relationship between the number of currency
A
and number of currency
B
.
◻
=0
(Do not simplify. Use integers or decimals for any numbers in the equation.) Solve the system.
x=
◻
and
y=
◻
There are
◻
of currency A and
◻
of currency B . (Type whole numbers.)