document.write( "Question 367113: The Ramapo High School lacrosse team sold brownies and cookies to earn money for a tournament. The brownies sold for $6.00 per box and the cookies sold for $8.00 a box. The total number of baked goods was 580. and the total amount of money collected was $4,340. How many boxes of each kind of baked goods were sold? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #261747 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!


\n" );
document.write( "Hi, 
\n" );
document.write( "Let x represent the number of $8 boxes.  then (580-x) would be the number of $6 boxes
\n" );
document.write( "8x + 6(580-x) = $4340
\n" );
document.write( "2x = 4340 - 3480
\n" );
document.write( "2x = 860
\n" );
document.write( "x = 430, the number of $8 boxes.  150 the number of $6 boxes (580-430)
\n" );
document.write( "checking our answer
\n" );
document.write( "$8*430 + $6*150 = $4340 \n" );
document.write( "

\n" );