SOLUTION: Matt and Ming are selling fruit for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of oranges and
large boxes of oranges. Matt sold 3 small boxes of oranges and 14 large boxes
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Question 362419: Matt and Ming are selling fruit for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of oranges and
large boxes of oranges. Matt sold 3 small boxes of oranges and 14 large boxes of oranges for a total of
$203. Ming sold 11 small boxes of oranges and 11 large boxes of oranges for a total of $220. Find the
cost each of one small box of oranges and one large box of oranges. Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Matt and Ming are selling fruit for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy small boxes of oranges and
large boxes of oranges. Matt sold 3 small boxes of oranges and 14 large boxes of oranges for a total of
$203. Ming sold 11 small boxes of oranges and 11 large boxes of oranges for a total of $220.
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small orange box cost = $x
large orange box cost = $y
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MAtt
3x+14y=203.................1
Ming
11x+11y=220
/11
x+y=20.....................2
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multiply equation 2 by -3
-3x-3y=-60
add this to equation 1
14y-3y=203-60
11y=143
y=13 boxes of large size
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plug value of y in equation 2
x=7 small orange box
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m.ananth@hotmail.ca
