SOLUTION: Bonjour. I need some help on this please. An apple orchid is selling baskets of MAcintosh And Red apples. The orchid has 8 times as many baskets of Macintosh as Red. The oechid

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Question 118150: Bonjour. I need some help on this please.
An apple orchid is selling baskets of MAcintosh And Red apples. The orchid has 8 times as many baskets of Macintosh as Red. The oechid has a total of 153 baskets . How many type of baskets of each type are there.?
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M - Macintosh apple baskets
R - Red apple baskets
M%2BR=153 Total number of baskets
M=8R Macintosh baskets equals 8 times Red baskets
M%2BR=153
8R%2BR=153 Substitute for M
9R=153
R=17
M=8R
M=8%2817%29
M=136
Check your answer.
M%2BR=153
136%2B17=153
153=153
True statement.
Good answer.
136 Macintosh baskets, 17 red baskets.