SOLUTION: At a craft fair, Ellyn sold ornaments that she created. She sold the small ornaments for $3 and the large ornaments for $7. In one day she sold 8 more small ornaments than large or
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Question 762536: At a craft fair, Ellyn sold ornaments that she created. She sold the small ornaments for $3 and the large ornaments for $7. In one day she sold 8 more small ornaments than large ornaments. She sold $254 in all that day. How many of each type of ornament did she sell? What do the two equations look like? How do we solve for this?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 
is the number of small ornaments sold, then 
is the amount of money made selling small ornaments. Likewise 
is the amount of money made selling large ornaments. Together, she made $254 on both kinds of ornaments, so:
Then if she sold 8 more small than large, we know that
There is your system of equations. Solve by substitution.
John
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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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