SOLUTION: If 8 baskets and 4 crates together hold 8 bushels of tomatoes, and 6 baskets and 8 crates together hold 9 3/4 bushels, what is the capacity of a basket? Of a crate?

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Question 1112682: If 8 baskets and 4 crates together hold 8 bushels of tomatoes, and 6 baskets and 8 crates together hold 9 3/4 bushels, what is the capacity of a basket? Of a crate?
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b, capacity of 1 basket
c, capacity of 1 crate
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Simplify the two-variable linear system and you may choose Elimination method to solve.