SOLUTION: A landscaping company places an order with a nursery for delivery of a total of 24 bushes. Small bushes cost $23 each and medium bushes cost $47 each. The total for the order is $8

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Question 1094760: A landscaping company places an order with a nursery for delivery of a total of 24 bushes. Small bushes cost $23 each and medium bushes cost $47 each. The total for the order is $864. How many small bushes were ordered? How many medium bushes were ordered?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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s+m=24
23s+47m=864
23s+23m=24*23=552
24m=864-24*23=312
m=312/24=13
s=11
check
23*11+13*47=864
864=864
ok