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17 April, 14:08

Andre is in charge of cooking brócoli and zucchini for a large group he had to spend all 17$ he has and Cary 10 pounds of veggies zucchini cost $1.50 per pound and broccoli cost $2 per pound o

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  1. 17 April, 17:52
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    This is an example of equation with two unknowns. Andre bought x pounds of zucchini and y pounds of broccoli and we also know that there was 10 pounds of veggies in total. So, we can write:

    $1.5 • x + $2 • y = $17

    x + y = 10

    From the second equation we can say that:

    y = 10 - x

    We can now enter this value of y into the first equation:

    1.5 • x + 2 • (10-x) = 17

    1.5 • x + 20 - 2 • x = 17

    1.5x - 2x = 17 - 20

    -0.5x = - 3

    0.5x = 3

    x = 6

    If x=6, then y=10-6, which is 4.

    That means that Andre bought 6 pounds of zucchini and 4 pounds of broccoli.
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