A vendor sells hot dogs and bags of potato chips. A customer buys 5 hotdogs and 2 bags of potato chips for $11.50. Another customer buys 3 hotdogs and 5 bags of potato chips for $9.75. Find the cost of each items.

Hotdogs cost $2 and potato crisps $0.75.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the hotdogs cost $h and the crisps $p

5h + 2p = 11.5

3h + 5p = 9.75

Multiply the first equation by - 5 and the second by 2:

-25h - 10p = - 57.5

6h + 10p = 19.5 Adding these 2 equations:

-19h = - 38

h = $2.

Substitute h = 2 into the first equation:

5h + 2p = 11.5

10 + 2p = 11.5

2p = 1.5

p = $0.75.