SOLUTION: One store sold red plums at four for a dollar and yellow plums at three for a dollar. A second store sold red plums at four for a dollar and yellow plums at six for a dollar. You b

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Question 1065430: One store sold red plums at four for a dollar and yellow plums at three for a dollar. A second store sold red plums at four for a dollar and yellow plums at six for a dollar. You bought m red plums and n yellow plums from each store, spending a total of ten dollars. How many plums in all did you buy?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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So from store 1,
T%5B1%5D=m%281%2F4%29%2Bn%281%2F3%29
and store 2,
T%5B2%5D=m%281%2F4%29%2Bn%281%2F6%29
So then the total is,
T%5B1%5D%2BT%5B2%5D=10
m%2F4%2Bn%2F3%2Bm%2F4%2Bn%2F6=10
m%2F2%2Bn%2F2=10
m%2Bn=20
So the total number of plums you bought was,
2%28m%2Bn%29=40
40 plums total