SOLUTION: Hi A merchant sold a total of 85 pots and pansand collected $1950. Each pot was sold at 5 dollars less than each pan. How much money was collected from the sale of pans. Thank u

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Question 1175910: Hi
A merchant sold a total of 85 pots and pansand collected $1950. Each pot was sold at 5 dollars less than each pan. How much money was collected from the sale of pans. Thank u
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x pots
y pans
p, price of one pan

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