Solve the system of equations. What method did you choose to
solve the system? Why?
For your company:
Total Cost = (Number of items)*(Cost per item) + Shipping cost
Total Cost for your company 20x + 5
For the other company:
Total Cost = (Number of items)*(Cost per item) + Shipping cost
Total Cost for the other company 10y + 20
It appears that there might be some missing information or equations in the problem statement. Without additional equations or information, it is not possible to solve the system of equations or determine the specific method to use.
Please provide the missing equations or information in order to solve the system.