Question
Apples cost $0.60 each and pears cost $0.80 each. If a total of 130 apples and pears cost $88, how many pears were there?
Answers
Anonymous
.6 a + .8 p = 88
a = 130 - p
so
.6 (130-p) + .8 p = 88
78 - .6 p + .8 p = 88
.2 p = 10
p = 100/2 = 50
a = 130 - p
so
.6 (130-p) + .8 p = 88
78 - .6 p + .8 p = 88
.2 p = 10
p = 100/2 = 50