SOLUTION: One store sold red plums at four for a dollar and yellow plums at three for a dollar. A second store sold red plums at four for a dollar and yellow plums at six for a dollar. You b

Question 1065430: One store sold red plums at four for a dollar and yellow plums at three for a dollar. A second store sold red plums at four for a dollar and yellow plums at six for a dollar. You bought m red plums and n yellow plums from each store, spending a total of ten dollars. How many plums in all did you buy?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So from store 1,

and store 2,

So then the total is,

So the total number of plums you bought was,

40 plums total
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