SOLUTION: Jimmy has $65.00 with which to buy plants for his vegetable garden. He wants tomato plants, which cost $3.50 each, and pepper plants, which cost $2.00 each. What is the most of eac

Question 882994: Jimmy has $65.00 with which to buy plants for his vegetable garden. He wants tomato plants, which cost $3.50 each, and pepper plants, which cost $2.00 each. What is the most of each type of plants he can purchase?
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are many different ways to solve this. The easiest for me is a table.
Tomato + Pepper
0 + 32 (64.00; 1.00 left over)
1 (3.50) + 30 (60.00; 1.50 left over)
2 (7.00) +29 (58.00)
3 (10.50) +26 (52.00; 1.50 left over)
4 (14.00) +20 (40.00; 1.00 left over)
5 (17.50) +18 (36.00; 1.50 left over)
6 (21.00) +22 (44.00)
7 (24.50) +20 (40.00; 1.50 left over)
8 (28.00) +18 (36.00; 1.00 left over)
9 (31.50) +16 (32.00; 1.50 left over)
10 (35.00) +15 (30.00)
11 (38.50) +13 (26.00; .50 left over)
12 (42.00) +11 (23.00; 1.00 left over)
13 (45.50) +9 (18.00; 1.50 left over)
14 (49.00) +8 (16.00)
15 (52.50)+ 6 (12.00; .50 left over)
16 (56.00) + 4 (8.00; 1.00 left over)
17 (59.50) + 2 (4.00; 1.50 left over)
18 (63.00) + 1 (2.00)

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