4 knives and 5 forks cost £4.90 in total. 7 knives and 3 forks cost £5.70 in total. How much do they each cost?

1 Answer
Nov 24, 2017

Each knive costs £0.60 and each fork costs £0.5

Explanation:

Let's recall knives' price as #x# and forks' price as #y#.
Then we get these 2 equations:
#4x+5y=4.90#
#7x+3y=5.70#

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Finally we get:
#x=0.6#
#y=0.5#