SOLUTION: You have to buy balloons for a birthday party you buy 80 total balloons. pink ones cost two dollars and the striped balloons cost three dollars. you spent $185 total. How many of e

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Question 1169966: You have to buy balloons for a birthday party you buy 80 total balloons. pink ones cost two dollars and the striped balloons cost three dollars. you spent $185 total. How many of each type of balloon did you buy?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
v, the number of striped balloons
80-v, number of pink balloons

3v%2B2%2880-v%29=185
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3v%2B2%2A80-2v=185
%283-2%29v=185-2%2A80
v=185-160
highlight%28v=25%29-------------and 55 of the pink balloons