Question%0D%0AAt the Henderson Middle School awards ceremony, the principal is going to honor outstanding students with gift cards. The gift cards for excellent grades, g%0D%0A%0D%0A, are worth $40, and the gift cards for perfect attendance, a%0D%0A%0D%0A, are worth $25. The principal has $4,000 allotted for this event, and he is going to recognize 100 students. Write the pair of linear equations that model this situation.(1 point)%0D%0AEquation to represent the total number of students: = 100%0D%0AEquation to represent the total cost of the gift cards: = 4,000

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Equation to represent the total number of students: x + y = 100

Equation to represent the total cost of the gift cards: 40x + 25y = 4,000

where x represents the number of gift cards for excellent grades and y represents the number of gift cards for perfect attendance.