document.write( "Question 591601: You have space in your garden for 55 small flowering bulbs. Crocus bulbs cost $0.35 each and daffodil bulbs cost $0.65 each. Your budget allows you to spend $29.15 on bulbs. How many crocus bulbs and daffodil bulbs can you buy? \n" ); document.write( "

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x Crocus numbers
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\n" ); document.write( "x+y =55 .............1
\n" ); document.write( "0.35 x+0.65 y = 29.15 .............2
\n" ); document.write( "Eliminate y
\n" ); document.write( "multiply (1)by -0.65
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply (2) by 1
\n" ); document.write( "-0.65 x -0.65 y = -35.75
\n" ); document.write( "0.35 x + 0.65 y = 29.15
\n" ); document.write( "Add the two equations
\n" ); document.write( "-0.30 x = -6.60
\n" ); document.write( "/ -0.30
\n" ); document.write( "x = 22
\n" ); document.write( "plug value of x in (1)
\n" ); document.write( "x+y = 55.00
\n" ); document.write( "22 +y = 55
\n" ); document.write( " y = 55-22
\n" ); document.write( " y = 33
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\n" ); document.write( "22 Crocus
\n" ); document.write( "33 Daffodils
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