16. you're planning to buy a boat, a motor, and some miscellaneous boating equipment. the boat costs $325, the motor costs $225, and the equipment costs $79. if you've saved $438 toward these purchases, how much more do you need to save? a. $181 b. $281 c. $291 d. $191

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So the first thing we do is to multiply the top equation by 3. the reason i want to do this is i notice there will be a 6y on both equations and can possibly add/subtract them. so we get 6y = -3x + 27. adding that and the second equation we get 6x = 27-15 which is 12. divide by 6 and we get 2. ∴ x = 2. substituting 2 into the first equation we get 2y = -2 + 9 which is 7. divide by 2 and we get 7/2. ∴ y = 7/2, x = 2.