SOLUTION: Pumpkins cost $5 each and squashes $3 each, total sales were $161 for the day. Three more squashes were sold than pumpkins. What is the equation and the amount of each item sold?

Question 929221: Pumpkins cost $5 each and squashes $3 each, total sales were $161 for the day. Three more squashes were sold than pumpkins. What is the equation and the amount of each item sold?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = squashes sold
y = pumpkins sold
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3x + 5y = 161
x = y + 3
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put the system of linear equations into standard form
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3x + 5y = 161
x - y = 3
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solution:
x = squashes sold = 22
y = pumpkins sold = 19
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