SOLUTION: In a certain country, the official unit of currency is the copper leaf. One silver leaf is worth 14 copper leaves, and one gold leaf is worth 71 copper leaves. Melody returns from

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Question 202984: In a certain country, the official unit of currency is the copper leaf. One silver leaf is worth 14 copper leaves, and one gold leaf is worth 71 copper leaves. Melody returns from her vacation to this country and finds that she has 11 more copper leaves than silver leaves, and a total of 35 leaves. If her money is worth 572 copper leaves, how many leaves of each kind does she have?
I have tried doing systems of equations but when i plug it all it doesnt seem to work. I think i'm setting up the wrong equations
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"One silver leaf is worth 14 copper leaves" ___ s = 14c

"one gold leaf is worth 71 copper leaves" ___ g = 71c

"she has 11 more copper leaves than silver leaves" ___ C = S + 11

"a total of 35 leaves" ___ C + S + G = 35

substituting ___ S + 11 + S + G = 35 ___ 2S + G = 24 ___ G = 24 - 2S

"her money is worth 572 copper leaves" ___ C + 14S + 71G = 572

substituting ___ S + 11 + 14S + 71 (24 - 2S) = 572 ___ 15S + 1704 - 142S = 561 ___ 1143 = 127S ___ 9 = S

substituting ___ G = 24 - 2(9) ___ G = 6

substituting ___ C = 9 + 11 ___ C = 20