SOLUTION: Pedro goes to the market and buys a total of 32 plums and peaches for $52. A plum costs $2 and a peach $1. How many plums did pedro buy ?

SOLUTION: Pedro goes to the market and buys a total of 32 plums and peaches for $52. A plum costs $2 and a peach $1. How many plums did pedro buy ?

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Question 32071: Pedro goes to the market and buys a total of 32 plums and peaches for $52. A plum costs $2 and a peach $1. How many plums did pedro buy ?
Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number of peaches be x
Let the number of plums be y
x+y=32
y=32-x (Subsitution)
x+2y=52
Susitutue for y:
x+2(32-x)=52
-x=52-64
x=12
y=32-12
y=20
Hence, there were 20 plums and 12 peahces.
Paul.
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