SOLUTION: Please help me understand this problem. A baseball team's manager buys 70 balls for $260. The balls used for practice cost $3 each and the balls used in games cost $4 each. How man
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Question 498667: Please help me understand this problem. A baseball team's manager buys 70 balls for $260. The balls used for practice cost $3 each and the balls used in games cost $4 each. How many balls used in games did the manger buy? Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3p+4g=260
p+g=70
p=70-g
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3(70-g)+4g=260
210-3g+4g=260
g=50 game balls
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p=70-g
p=20
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3*20+4*50=260
60+200=260
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