SOLUTION: If 8 baskets and 4 crates together hold 8 bushels of tomatoes, and 6 baskets and 8 crates together hold 9 3/4 bushels, what is the capacity of a basket? Of a crate?

Question 1112682: If 8 baskets and 4 crates together hold 8 bushels of tomatoes, and 6 baskets and 8 crates together hold 9 3/4 bushels, what is the capacity of a basket? Of a crate?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
b, capacity of 1 basket
c, capacity of 1 crate

Simplify the two-variable linear system and you may choose Elimination method to solve.
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