+ Level K
0.15 Solve a system of equations using any method: word problems GDQ
Write a system of equations to describe the situation below, solve using any method, and fill
in the blanks.
Mario's Pizza just received two big orders from customers throwing parties. The first
customer, Latrell, bought 6 regular pizzas and 8 deluxe pizzas and paid $216. The second
customer, Dakota, ordered 5 regular pizzas and 2 deluxe pizzas, paying a total of $96. What
is the price of each pizza?
Each regular pizza costs $ and each deluxe pizza costs $
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You isolate an infectious substance capable of causing disease in plants, but you do not know whether the infectious agent is a bacterium, virus, viroid, or prion. you have four methods at your disposal to analyze the substance and determine the nature of the infectious agent. i. treat the substance with enzymes that destroy all nucleic acids and then determine whether the substance is still infectious. ii. microscope. iii. culture the substance on nutritive medium, away from any plant cells. iv. treat the sample with proteases that digest all proteins and then determining whether the substance is still infectious. if you already know that the infectious agent was either bacterial or viral, which method(s) listed above would allow you to distinguish between these two possibilities? a) ib) iic) ii or iiid) iv