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You have space in your garden for 60 small flowering bulbs. Crocus bulbs cost $0.25 each and daffodil bulbs cost $0.85 each. Your budget allows you to spend $36.60 on bulbs. How many crocus bulbs and how many daffodil bulbs can you buy?
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\n" ); document.write( "Two-variable solution:
\n" ); document.write( "Quantity Eq:::: c + d = 60
\n" ); document.write( "Value Eq::::::25c+85d = 3660 cents
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\n" ); document.write( "Multiply thru the Quantity equation by 25 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "25c + 25d = 25*60
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\n" ); document.write( "Subtract that from the Valuee equation and solve for \"d\":
\n" ); document.write( "60d = 2160
\n" ); document.write( "d = 36 (# of daffodil bulbs)
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\n" ); document.write( "Since c+d = 60, c = 24 (# of crocus bulbs)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
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