SOLUTION: A grocer bought 12 bushels of Baldwin and McInotosh apples: Baldwins costs 95 cents a bushel, but McIntosh cost only 90 cents a bushel. If he paid $11.00 for the lot, how many bu

SOLUTION: A grocer bought 12 bushels of Baldwin and McInotosh apples: Baldwins costs 95 cents a bushel, but McIntosh cost only 90 cents a bushel. If he paid $11.00 for the lot, how many bu

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Question 39407: A grocer bought 12 bushels of Baldwin and McInotosh apples: Baldwins costs 95 cents a bushel, but McIntosh cost only 90 cents a bushel. If he paid $11.00 for the lot, how many bushels of each kind did he get?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
95X+90(12-x)=1100 or 95x+1080-90x=1100 or 5x=20 or x=4 bushels of Baldwins
12-4=8 bushels of McIntosh.
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