document.write( "Question 1061990: A farmer sold bushels of wheat and bushels of oats. For 425 bushels, he received $481.25. How many bushels of each did he sell if he received $2.08 per bushel of wheat and $.94 per bushels of oat? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #676864 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! W+O=425 \n" ); document.write( "2.08W+0.94O=481.25 \n" ); document.write( "multiply top by -0.94 to eliminate O \n" ); document.write( "-0.94W-0.94O=399.5 \n" ); document.write( "1.14W=81.75 \n" ); document.write( "W=71.71 bushels wheat \n" ); document.write( "O =353.29 bushels oats \n" ); document.write( "This seems odd as I would expect integers. \n" ); document.write( "71.71*2.08=$149.16 \n" ); document.write( "353.29*0.94=$332.09 \n" ); document.write( "They check. \n" ); document.write( " |