document.write( "Question 662148: A landscaping company placed two orders with a nursery. The first order was for 13 bushes and 4 trees, and totaled $487. The second order was for 6 bushes and 2 trees, and totaled $232. The bills do not list the per-item price. What were the costs of one bush and of one tree? Equation \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "13 bushes and 4 trees, and totaled $487
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document.write( "6 bushes and 2 trees, and totaled $232.
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document.write( "What were the costs of one bush and of one tree
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document.write( " 13x + 4y = 487
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document.write( "  6x + 2y = 232   ||Multiplying 2nd EQ by 2, and subtracting to eliminate  y
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document.write( "     x = $23, cost of one bush.  Tree costs $47    
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document.write( "and...
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document.write( " = $487 \n" );
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