SOLUTION: Chocolate chip cookies sell for $.50 each and oatmeal cookies sell for $.35 each. On Monday morning, the bakery sold 20 cookies and received $8.80. How many chocolate chip cookie

Question 62705: Chocolate chip cookies sell for $.50 each and oatmeal cookies sell for $.35 each. On Monday morning, the bakery sold 20 cookies and received $8.80. How many chocolate chip cookies were sold.
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Chocolate chip cookies sell for $.50 each and oatmeal cookies sell for $.35 each. On Monday morning, the bakery sold 20 cookies and received $8.80. How many chocolate chip cookies were sold.
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Let x = no. ch chip cookies; Let y = no. of ch oatmeal cookies
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Write the amt equation:
x + y = 20
Can also write it:
y = 20 - x
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Write the money equation:
.50x + .35y = 8.80
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Using the 1st equation where y = (20-x), substitute (20-x) in the 2nd equation:
.50x + .35(20-x) = 8.80
.50x + 7 - .35x = 8.80
.50x - .35x = 8.80 - 7
.15x = 1.80
x = 1.80/.15
x = 12 ch chip cookies
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I'll let you figure out how many oatmeal cookies, check your solutions in the money equation

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