SOLUTION: Mrs. Gardner went to the market. She purchased some lettuce heads and some tomatoes. There were 12 items purchased. She bought twice as many tomatoes as lettuce heads.
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Question 143608: Mrs. Gardner went to the market. She purchased some lettuce heads and some tomatoes. There were 12 items purchased. She bought twice as many tomatoes as lettuce heads. Answer by nabla(475) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let lettuce=l
let tomatoes=t
12=l+t
t=2l
Substitute t=2l into the first equation.
12=l+2l
12=3l
4=l
Thus she bought 4 lettuce heads and 8 tomatoes. This follows and is easily checked.
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