SOLUTION: Al’s Market sells hamburger in 1-pound, 2-pound, and 5-pound packages. On Saturday they sold 608 pounds of hamburger in 254 packages; twice as many 2-pound packages as 5-pound pack

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Question 458414: Al’s Market sells hamburger in 1-pound, 2-pound, and 5-pound packages. On Saturday they sold 608 pounds of hamburger in 254 packages; twice as many 2-pound packages as 5-pound packages. How many 1-pound packages were sold?
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Al’s Market sells hamburger in 1-pound, 2-pound, and 5-pound packages.
On Saturday they sold 608 pounds of hamburger in 254 packages;
twice as many 2-pound packages as 5-pound packages.
How many 1-pound packages were sold?
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Equations:
Bags Eq:::::a + b + c = 254
Pounds Eq:::a + 2b +5c = 608
Bags #'s::: 0 + b -2c = 0
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Solve by any method to get:
a = # of 1-lb bags = 77
b = # of 2-lb bags = 118
c = # of 5-lb bags = 59
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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