Question 645492: Danny bought some bag of fruit for mathematics club picnic. He spent $6.40 and bought twice as many bags of apples as bags of oranges. If an apple cost $0.09 a bag and oranges cost $1.40 a bag, how many bags of each did he buy?
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source):
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This doesn't work with the numbers you provided, since you can't buy fractional bags of fruit.
If  is the number of bags of oranges, then  is the number of bags of apples. Since apples (according to your information) cost 9 cents, then the total value of the apples is 9 times 2x cents, and the total value of the oranges, which cost 140 cents per bag, is 140x. The total value being 640 cents, the following relation is true:
bags of oranges and then  bags of apples. Nonsense.
Re-post your problem with the correct numbers.
P.S. I know exactly what mistake you made, but I'm making you re-post to teach you a lesson about checking and double-checking your work.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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