SOLUTION: Identify what your variables represent. Write two equations and solve the system.
After a snow advisory in January, Fleet Farm had a run on snow shovels. They had the Snowpush
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Question 448522: Identify what your variables represent. Write two equations and solve the system.
After a snow advisory in January, Fleet Farm had a run on snow shovels. They had the Snowpusher on sale for $15.95 and the lighter weight Snowdozer on sale for $7.95. By the end of one week, t he entire inventory of 415 shovels had been sold out and the receipts for them totaled $4779.25. How many of each type did they sell? Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! x+y=415
15.95x+7.95y=4779.25
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1595x+795y=477925
795x+795y=329925
800x=148000
x=185
y=230
185 Snowpushers and 230 Snowdozers were sold for the week..
