SOLUTION: A Grain- sotrage warehouse has a totoal of 30bins. Some hold 20 tones of grain each, and rest hold 15tons each. How many of each type of bin and there if the capacity of the wareho

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Question 29929: A Grain- sotrage warehouse has a totoal of 30bins. Some hold 20 tones of grain each, and rest hold 15tons each. How many of each type of bin and there if the capacity of the warehouse is 510 tons?
Answer by Paul(988) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the 20 tones bin be x
Let the 15 tones bin be y
x+y=30
y=30-x (susbitution)

20x+15y=510
Subsitute:
20x+15(30-x)=510
20x-15x=510-450
5x=60
x=12

y=30-12
y=18

Hence, there are 12 (20 tones) bin and 18 (15 tones) bin.
Paul.