SOLUTION: You are back on the HOA board. The time has come to buy more trees and bushes for the neighborhood park. The first order was for 24 bushes and 16 trees and the bill totaled $3960.

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Question 367551: You are back on the HOA board. The time has come to buy more trees and bushes for the neighborhood park. The first order was for 24 bushes and 16 trees and the bill totaled $3960. The second order was 12 bushes and 32 trees and the bill totaled $5220.
Write an equation illustrating the first bill using b for the cost of the bushes and t for the cost of the trees.
Tips: This is writing a basic equation showing the bill. We know how many trees and bushes and the total bill. The unknowns are the cost of each.
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Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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cost of bush = b : 24 number
cost of tree = t : 16 trees
total =3960
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24b+16t = 3960
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