SOLUTION: 27) Dan and Mark are selling fruit for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of tangerines and large boxes of tangerines. Dan sold 12 small boxes of tangerines and 4

Question 1072197: 27) Dan and Mark are selling fruit for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of
tangerines and large boxes of tangerines. Dan sold 12 small boxes of tangerines and 4 large
boxes of tangerines for a total of $120. Mark sold 3 small boxes of tangerines and 8 large boxes of tangerines for a total of $156. Find the cost each of one small box of tangerines and one large
box of tangerines.
28) Shanice and Shawna each improved their yards by planting daylilies and geraniums. They
bought their supplies from the same store. Shanice spent $62 on 4 daylilies and 6 geraniums.
Shawna spent $17 on 2 daylilies and 1 geranium. Find the cost of one daylily and the cost of one
geranium.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
12S+4L=120; S=small box, L=large box
3S+8L=156
multiply top by -2 and add
-24S-8L=-240
-21S=-84
S=$4
4L+48=120
4L=72
L=$18
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Check in second
$12+144=$156 checks
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4D+6G=62; D=daylily and G=geranium
2D+1G=17
-4D-2G=-34
4G=28
G=$7
4D+42=62
4D=20
D=$5
check in second
10+7=$17
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