SOLUTION: A toll collector on a highway receives ​$ 8 for buses and ​$ 7 for cars. At the end of a 3 3​-hour ​period, she collected ​$ 296. How many

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Question 1072231: A toll collector on a highway receives ​$
8 for
buses
and ​$
7 for
cars. At the end of a
3
3​-hour ​period, she collected ​$
296. How many
buses and
cars passed through the toll booth during that​ period? List all possible solutions

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You do it.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x cars
y busses

------You are interested only in the whole number solutions. That is the equation, so you can look for all of the whole number solutions for x and y.



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