SOLUTION: 1. A discount store sold plastic cups for $3.25 each and ceramic cups for $4.50 each. a. If 500 cups were sold for a total of $2,090, how many cups of each type were sold?

Question 349406: 1. A discount store sold plastic cups for $3.25 each and ceramic cups for $4.50 each.
a. If 500 cups were sold for a total of $2,090, how many cups of each type were sold?
b. What was the dollar value of each type of cup sold?
Answer by JBarnum(2146) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
P=plastic cups (amount)
C=ceramic cups (amount)
500 total cups and total of $2090

i will use elimination method

combine by subtraction

3.25(128)=$416 for plastic
4.50(372)=$1674 for ceramic

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