SOLUTION: jane sold 125 boxes of girl scout cookies.Thin mints cost $3.00 and shortbread cookies cost $3.25.In all, $388.50 worth of boxes were sold.How many of each kin were sold?
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Question 463607: jane sold 125 boxes of girl scout cookies.Thin mints cost $3.00 and shortbread cookies cost $3.25.In all, $388.50 worth of boxes were sold.How many of each kin were sold?
___ boxes of thin mints
___ boxes of shortbread
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
m+s=125 s=125-m
3m+3.25s=388.50
3m+3.25(125-m)=388.50
3m+406.25-3.25m=388.50
-0.25m=-17.75
m=71
s=125-71=54
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