SOLUTION: "Systems of Inequalities, Substitution and/or Elimination Method" White River Gardens in Indianapolis, IN, presents a yearly butterfly exhibit. Pupae from Kenya, Tanzania, Costa R

Question 163827: "Systems of Inequalities, Substitution and/or Elimination Method"
White River Gardens in Indianapolis, IN, presents a yearly butterfly exhibit. Pupae from Kenya, Tanzania, Costa Rica, and Florida are delivered semi-weekly. They are stored on rods in a glass case inside a green house until the metamorphosis takes place. As part of a recent order, White River Gardens received 63 pupae - morpho grandensis at $4.15 per pupa and battus polydamus at $1.50 per pupa. The total cost of the two species was $147.50. How many pupae of each species did the exhibit receive?

Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Take note:
--------------------------------------> EQN 1 (total pupae)
In EQN 1 we get,
--------------------------------------> EQN 2
Also total cost,
--------------------------> EQN 3
Subst. EQN 2 in EQN 3:

--->
, total Battus Polydamus
Via EQN 2:
, total Morpho Grandensis
In doubt? Go back EQN 3:

Thank you,
Jojo
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