SOLUTION: Suppose that Judas's bag of money contained 70 coins and that each silver coin could buy 55 bushels of wheat and that each gold coin could buy twice as many bushels of wheat. If th
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Question 437683: Suppose that Judas's bag of money contained 70 coins and that each silver coin could buy 55 bushels of wheat and that each gold coin could buy twice as many bushels of wheat. If there was enough money to buy 6,435 bushels of wheat, how many gold coins were in the bag?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
s+g=70
55s+110g=6435
55s+55g=3850
55g=2585
g=47
s=23
Judas had 23 silver coins and 47 gold coins. He's still a traitor, though..
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