Write the Word or Phrase That Best Completes Each Statement

question 4

Multiple Choice

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
-A vendor sells hot dogs and bags of potato chips. A customer buys 4 hot dogs and 5 bags of potato chips for $16.75. Another customer buys 2 hot dogs and 3 bags of potato chips for $9.25. Find the
Cost of each item.

• A) $2.25 for a hot dog; $2.00 for a bag of potato chips
• B) $2.00 for a hot dog; $1.75 for a bag of potato chips
• C) $1.75 for a hot dog; $2.00 for a bag of potato chips
• D) $2.00 for a hot dog; $2.00 for a bag of potato chips

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Definitions:

Distinct Term(s)

Refers to terms in a logical argument or proposition that are recognizably different from each other.

Middle Term

In a syllogism, the term that appears in both premises but not in the conclusion, serving as the link between the major and minor premise.

Syllogism

A form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositions, each of which shares a common or middle term.

Premises

Statements or propositions from which a conclusion is logically derived in an argument.