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Mrs. Gordon sometimes makes her melon salad for special events. When she made it
a couple months ago, she used 3 pounds of honeydew melon and 7 pounds of
watermelon, which cost her $16. Today, she used 7 pounds of honeydew melon and 4
pounds of watermelon, spending a total of $25 on the melons. Assuming that the
prices of the melons haven't changed, how much does a pound of each type of melon
cost?

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salmaSA
answer: the watermelon costs $1 and the honeydew melon costs $3.
x = honeydew costs y = watermelon cost
3x+7y = 16
3(3)+7(1) = 16
9+7 = 16

7x+4y = 25
7(3)+4(1) = 25
21+4 = 25

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