Question 73231
GOOD WORK!!!!  I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SOLVED THE PROBLEM, BUT I THINK THAT YOU GOT THE CORRECT ANSWER---------AT LEAST, WE GOT THE SAME ANSWER.


Let x=number of bags of the $245 brand that are sold
Then 19-x =number of bags of the $347 brand that are sold

Now we know that:

receipts for the $245 brand are 245x;  receipts for the $347 brand are 347(19-x) and we are told that these add up to $5369 so our equation to solve is:

245x+347(19-x)=5369  get rid of parens
245x+6593-347x=5369 subtract 6593 fron both sides
245x-347x=5369-6593 collect like terms
-102x=-1224  divide both sides by -102
x=12 bags of the $245 brand
19-x=19-12=7 bags of the $347 brand


Hope this helps---ptaylor