Question 1 Mr. Dominguez and Mr. Culver both have baseball trading cards. Mr. Culver has 2 more than 6 times as many trading cards as Mr. Dominguez. Together they have 55 candy bars. Create a system of equations to represent the scenario above. using x and y variables then solve using eliminaton

Answer 1

Let:
x = number of baseball trading cards Mr. Dominguez has
y = number of baseball trading cards Mr. Culver has

According to the problem, we have the following information:

1) Mr. Culver has 2 more than 6 times as many trading cards as Mr. Dominguez:
y = 6x + 2

2) Together they have 55 candy bars:
x + y = 55

Now we have a system of equations:
y = 6x + 2
x + y = 55

Now we can solve the system using elimination method.