Martin is throwing a little get together with his friends and goes to the corner store to buy some candy bars and soft drinks. Soft drinks cost $2.00 each and each candy bar costs $1.00. Martin has $12 to spend and
wants to buy twice as many candy bars as soft drinks.
a. Let x represent the number of soft drinks Martin can buy and let y represent the number of candy bars
he can buy. Write a system of equations to represent this situation.