SOLUTION: A lady sold two types of pastries at the town's bake sale. Plain pastries were 35 cents each and fruit filled pastries were 45 cents each. She sold 500 pastries total. How many

Question 421996: A lady sold two types of pastries at the town's bake sale. Plain pastries were 35 cents each and fruit filled pastries were 45 cents each. She sold 500 pastries total. How many plain pastries did she sell if she earned $205.50?
Answer by shree840(260) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let us say she sold x plain pastry and so 500-x =fruit pastry
.35x+(500-x)*.45=205.50
.35x+225-.45x=205.50
-.10x=205.50-225=-19.50
dividing by -.10 both sides
x=195
she sold 195 plain pastries and 305 fruit pastries
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