SOLUTION: Anna's farm picked a total of 310 pumpkins. Anna separated the pumpkins into small and large. She sold the small pumpkins for $3 each and the large ones for $9 each. She sold all o
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Question 107336: Anna's farm picked a total of 310 pumpkins. Anna separated the pumpkins into small and large. She sold the small pumpkins for $3 each and the large ones for $9 each. She sold all of the pumpkins for total sales of $1,950. How many small and large pumpkins did Anna originally pick?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
L: number of large pumpkins
S: number of small pumpkins
Total of 310 pumpkins.
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She sold the small pumpkins for $3 each and the large ones for $9 each. She sold all of the pumpkins for total sales of $1,950.
2.
Use equation 1 and solve for L.
1.
Substitute that value in equation 2 and solve for S.
2.
From above
Check your answers with your original equations.
1.
Your answer leads to a true statement.
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2.
Your answer leads to a true statement.
Good answer.
Anna picked 170 large pumpkins and 140 small pumkins.
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