document.write( "Question 1210397: Andrew bought some apples and pears. The ratio of the number of apples bought to the number of pears bought was 7:4. He spent $61.20. He paid $22.80 more for the apples than the pears. Each apple was $0.30 more than each pears.
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document.write( "(a) How much did he spend on the pears?
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document.write( "(b) How many pears did he buy? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #852207 by josgarithmetic(39617)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is not very neat and much likely not the best way, but this should work.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( " PRICE QUANTY COST\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Apple p+0.3 7x 7x(p+0.3)\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Pear p 4x 4x*p\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Totals 61.20\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and too, the 22.8 dollars difference \n" ); document.write( " |