You work as a chef. You order 100 pounds of boneless chicken breast for $245. In addition, you order 50 pounds of beef skirt steak for fajitas. If you spend a total of $434.50, how much per pound was the skirt steak?
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Answer:$3.79Step-by-step explanation:First we define our variables:pound of boneless chicken breast = Bpound beef skirt steak =S 100 pounds of boneless chicken breast for $245:[tex]100B=245[/tex]then you buy 50 pounds of beef skirt steak, making a total of $434.50[tex]100B + 50S=434.50[/tex]thus:[tex]50S=434.50 - 100B\\50S=434.50 - 245\\50S=189.5\\S=189.5/50\\S=3.79[/tex]A pound of beef skirt steak costs $3.79