Question 1188417
A company with two stores buys six large delivery vans and five small delivery vans.  The first store receives four large vans and 2 small vans for a coast of $160,000.  The second store receives two large delivery vans and three small delivery vans for a cost of $128,000.  Find the cost for each type of delivery van. 
<pre>In MANY cases, this solver that the other person used, is one of, if not the worst method that anyone could use to solve this problem.
I can't see how the person who responded couldn't see that when it's all so clear.
Let the cost of one large and one small van be L and S, respectively
Then we get: 4L + 2S = 160,000____2(2L + S) = 2(80,000)____2L + S = 80,000 ------ eq (i)
Also, 2L + 3S = 128,000 ------ eq (i)
2S = 48,000 ----- Subtracting eq (i) from eq (ii)
Cost of each small van, or {{{highlight_green(matrix(1,5, S, "=", "48,000"/2, "=", "$24,000"))}}}
Now you can find the cost of each large van.