SOLUTION: Alex stocks up for winter He buys 36 cans of vegetables he payes 80 cents per can for tomatoes and 40 cents per can for corn for a total cost of 20.80. how many cans of corn does

Question 368857: Alex stocks up for winter He buys 36 cans of vegetables he payes 80 cents per can for tomatoes and 40 cents per can for corn for a total cost of 20.80.
how many cans of corn does he buy?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Alex stocks up for winter.
He buys 36 cans of vegetables he payes 80 cents per can for tomatoes and 40 cents per can for corn for a total cost of 20.80.
how many cans of corn does he buy?
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Quantity Eq:: t + c = 36
Value Eq::: 80t +40c = 2080 cents
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Multiply thru by 80 to get:
80t + 80c = 80*36
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Subtract that from the Value Eq and solve for "c":
-40c = -800
c = 20 (# of can of corn bought)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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