SOLUTION: A store sells 48 count packages of Snickers candy bars for $27.50 per package, and 36 count packages of KitKat bars for $21.50 per package. Mrs. Sweettooth bought total of 204 Snic

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Question 1076910: A store sells 48 count packages of Snickers candy bars for $27.50 per package, and 36 count packages of KitKat bars for $21.50 per package. Mrs. Sweettooth bought total of 204 Snickers and KitKat bars in the store and paid $119.50. How many of each candy bars did she buy?
Found 2 solutions by CubeyThePenguin, MathTherapy:
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Snickers: 204/48 * 27.50 = 117.875

KitKat: 204/36 * 21.50 = 121.833


Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A store sells 48 count packages of Snickers candy bars for $27.50 per package, and 36 count packages of KitKat bars for $21.50 per package. Mrs. Sweettooth bought total of 204 Snickers and KitKat bars in the store and paid $119.50. How many of each candy bars did she buy?
The other person is WAY OFF!!

Let each Snicker and KitKat package purchased be S and K, respectively

Then we get the following equations:  and 

Solve the above system to get: 

For his/her info., candy DOES NOT come in fractions of packages, or fractions of bars!! 

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