SOLUTION: You have space in your garden for 60 small flowering bulbs. Crocus bulbs cost $0.25 each and daffodil bulbs cost $0.85 each. Your budget allows you to spend $36.60 on bulbs. How ma
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Question 271314: You have space in your garden for 60 small flowering bulbs. Crocus bulbs cost $0.25 each and daffodil bulbs cost $0.85 each. Your budget allows you to spend $36.60 on bulbs. How many crocus bulbs and how many daffodil bulbs can you buy?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You have space in your garden for 60 small flowering bulbs. Crocus bulbs cost $0.25 each and daffodil bulbs cost $0.85 each. Your budget allows you to spend $36.60 on bulbs. How many crocus bulbs and how many daffodil bulbs can you buy?
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Two-variable solution:
Quantity Eq:::: c + d = 60
Value Eq::::::25c+85d = 3660 cents
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Multiply thru the Quantity equation by 25 to get:
25c + 25d = 25*60
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Subtract that from the Valuee equation and solve for "d":
60d = 2160
d = 36 (# of daffodil bulbs)
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Since c+d = 60, c = 24 (# of crocus bulbs)
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Stan H.
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