Clem Colfax had $10 to buy groceries. He needed milk at 70 cents a

Clem Colfax had $10 to buy groceries. He needed milk at 70 cents a carton, bread at 60 cents a loaf, breakfast cereal at 50 cents a box, and meat at $1.50 a pound. He bought twice as many cartons of milk as loaves of bread, the number of boxes of cereal was one more than the number of loaves of bread, and the number of pounds of meat was the same as the number of boxes of cereal. How many of each did he purchase if the total cost was exactly $10?

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Just translate to Math

number of breads --- b
milk ---------------- 2b
cereal ------------- b+1
meat -------------- b+1

now for the cost:
70(2b) + 60b + 50(b+1) + 150(x+1) = 1000
140b + 60b + 50b + 50 + 150b + 150 = 1000
400b = 800
b = 2

2 loaves of bread
4 cartons of milk
3 boxes of cereal
3 pounds of meat

Thanks

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