SOLUTION: A girl’s softball team is raising money for uniforms and travel expenses. They are selling flats of bedding plants for $13.00 and hanging baskets for $18.00. They hope to sell tw

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Question 1125523: A girl’s softball team is raising money for uniforms and travel expenses. They are selling
flats of bedding plants for $13.00 and hanging baskets for $18.00. They hope to sell
twice as many flats of bedding plants as hanging baskets. If they do, their total revenue
will be $8800. How many flats of bedding plants do they hope to sell?
Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
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x  of  hanging baskets  and  2x  of flats of bedding plants.


The money equation is


    18x + 13*(2x) = 8800    dollars,   or


    18x + 26x = 8800,

    44x = 8800  ====>  x = 8800%2F44 = 200.


They hope to sell 200 of  hanging baskets  and 2*200 = 400 flats of bedding plants.


Answer.  400 flats of bedding plants.

Solved.