SOLUTION: Lupe's mother paid $ 7.40 to buy juice for the 14 members of Lupe's softball team. If a bottle of orange juice costs $.55 and a bottle of apple juice costs $.45, how many of each t

Question 411471: Lupe's mother paid $ 7.40 to buy juice for the 14 members of Lupe's softball team. If a bottle of orange juice costs $.55 and a bottle of apple juice costs $.45, how many of each type did she bye?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Lupe's mother paid $ 7.40 to buy juice for the 14 members of Lupe's softball team. If a bottle of orange juice costs $.55 and a bottle of apple juice costs $.45, how many of each type did she buy?
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Equations:
Quantity: r + p = 14 bottles
Value::: 55r+45p = 740
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Multiply thru the 1st by 55 to get:
55r + 55p = 55*14
55r + 45P = 740
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Subtract and solve for "p":
10p = 30
p = 3 (# of bottles of apple juice)
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Solve for "r":
r + p = 14
r + 3 = 14
r = 11 (# of bottles of orange juice)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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