SOLUTION: suppose you buy four buckets of apples and five buckets of peaches for $64. if you bought eight buckets of apples and three buckets of peaches, you would of spent $72. how much is

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Question 1036594: suppose you buy four buckets of apples and five buckets of peaches for $64. if you bought eight buckets of apples and three buckets of peaches, you would of spent $72. how much is one bucket of apples(a), and one bucket of peaches (p)?
Answer by jorel555(1290) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let a=apples, p=peaches;
4a+5p=64
8a+3p=72
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8a+10p=128
8a+3p=72
7p=56
p=8
Peaches cost $8/bucket, apples cost $6/bucket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!