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Question 279568: I need help please. Sarah Comar's Candy Store sold a total of 53 pounds of jelly beans, selling two kinds of jelly beans. The first kind was priced at $4.45 per pound, and the second was priced at $1.12 per pound. In all, $125.96 was taken in for the two types of jelly beans. How many pounds of each kind were sold? ( Let x represent the number of pounds of the first kind and y the number of pounds of the second. Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
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From the 1st equation:
and, since
20 pounds @ $4.45/lb and 33 pounds @ $1.12/lb were sold
check:
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