SOLUTION: If you bought 850 Douglas firs and ponderosa pines and paid an average of $300 for douglas firs and $225 for ponderosa pines and the total you spent was $217,500 how many of each

Question 103000: If you bought 850 Douglas firs and ponderosa pines and paid an average of $300 for douglas firs and $225 for ponderosa pines and the total you spent was $217,500 how many of each tree did you buy?
Answer by HyperBrain(694) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x= no. of firs
y= no. of ponderosa
(1)x+y=850
(2)300x+225y=217500
Substituting (1) to (2),
300*(850-y)+225y=217500
255000-300y+225y=217500
255000-75y=217500
75y=3750
y=500
x+500=850
x=350
Therefore, he bought 350 firs and 500 ponderosas!
RELATED QUESTIONS
There are 850 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees in a section of forest bought by Sawz... (answered by checkley71)

Business and finance. There are 850 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees in a section of (answered by tutorcecilia)

Business and finance. There are 850 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees in a section of (answered by checkley75)

Business and finance. There are 850 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees in a section of (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

There are 850 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees in a section of forest bought by Sawz... (answered by rockinrebels04,longjonsilver)

There are 850 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees in a section of forest bought by Sawz... (answered by elima)

There are 850 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees in a section of forest bought by Sawz... (answered by Nate)

Can someone help me on this problem? There are 850 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine... (answered by venugopalramana)

There are 850 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees in a section of forest bought by Sawz... (answered by checkley71)