SOLUTION: A teacher spent $27.86 to buy 51 candy bars for her students. she bought Swedish Fish for $.37 and Snickers for $.66. How many of each candy did she buy?

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Question 70139: A teacher spent $27.86 to buy 51 candy bars for her students. she bought Swedish Fish for $.37 and Snickers for $.66. How many of each candy did she buy?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let Swedish fish=f and snickers=s
Solved by pluggable solver: Linear System solver (using determinant)
Solve:


Any system of equations:


has solution

or



(f=20, s=31}