Question

Elsie took all her cans and bottles from home to the recycling plant. The number of cans was one more then four times the number of bottles. She earned 12 cent for each bottle and 10 cent for each can, and ended up earning $2.18 in all. How many cans and bottles did she recycle ?

Answer 1

c = 4b+1
.12b + .10c = 2.18

Now just solve for b and c

Answer 2

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