SOLUTION: The Texas soccer league has set a budget of $1,947 for soccer balls. High-quality game balls cost $43 each while lower-quality practice balls cost $14 each. If 79 balls are to be p
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Question 1192667: The Texas soccer league has set a budget of $1,947 for soccer balls. High-quality game balls cost $43 each while lower-quality practice balls cost $14 each. If 79 balls are to be purchased, how many balls of each type can be purchased to exactly use up the budgeted amount? Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, Boreal:Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! H=x
L=79-x
43x+14(79-x)=1947
43x+1106-14x=1947
29x=841
x=29 high quality balls @$43=$1247
79-x=50 lower quality balls @$14=$700
