SOLUTION: In a bread and butter bakery, raisin bread was sold at Php142 per loaf, and garlic bread at Php126 per loaf of bread. If a total of 40 loaves were sold at Php5424, how many loaves

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Question 814944: In a bread and butter bakery, raisin bread was sold at Php142 per loaf, and garlic bread at Php126 per loaf of bread. If a total of 40 loaves were sold at Php5424, how many loaves of each kind of bread were sold?
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Hi,

raisin bread was sold at Php142 per loaf, 

and garlic bread at Php126 per loaf of bread.

 40 loaves were sold at Php5424

Let x represent raisin bread sold and (40-x) garlic bread sold

Question states***

142x+%2B+126%2840-x%29+=+5424

Solve for x   and then determine (40-x)