SOLUTION: Vanessa bought some roses at smiths. Yellow roses cost $3.50/ea and red roses cost $5.50/ea. She ended up buying 12 roses for a total of $52. How many of each color did she buy?

Question 1092865: Vanessa bought some roses at smiths. Yellow roses cost $3.50/ea and red roses cost $5.50/ea. She ended up buying 12 roses for a total of $52. How many of each color did she buy?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of red roses
Let = number of yellow roses
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(1)
(2)
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Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
(2)
(1)
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and
(1)
(1)
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7 red roses
5 yellow roses

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