SOLUTION: 1. Each year, I plant a fruit/vegetable garden in the spring. I grow a variety of things, but my BIG plantings are of tomatoes and peppers. However, getting my seeds to sprout

Question 462338: 1. Each year, I plant a fruit/vegetable garden in the spring. I grow a variety of things, but my BIG plantings are of tomatoes and peppers. However, getting my seeds to sprout is not as easy as you�d think�.
A. This year, I seeded both peppers and tomatoes, using a total of 120 seeds. Write an equation to show this.
Using P for peppers and T for tomoatoes the equation would look like:
P+T=120
B. I sowed nine times as many tomato seeds as pepper seeds. Write an equation to show this.
9T+P=120
C. How many tomato seeds did I plant?

D. How many pepper seeds did I plant?
I really do not want the answer I just want to know if I am on the right track as far as my equations go. I tried to solve using the substitution method but I keep coming up with T=0 and P=120 which I know can't be right, right?
Answer by amoresroy(361) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The equation P + T = 120 is correct.
However, the equation 9T + P = 120 is not correct.
The 2nd equation should be
9P + P = 120 (because T=9P)
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