When Jonathan bought 12 peaches and pears, at $1.50 per peach and

at $1.60 per pear, the total price was $18.50.

How many peaches and pears did he buy, respectively?

Fill in the blanks provided and solve for the answer.

Answer 5 pears and 7 peaches

Explanation: you will need to make two equations to represent the problem

X being for peaches and y for pears

x+y = 12

1.5x + 1.6y = 18.5

We are going to use the elimination method and so we need to cancel either x or y in this case x. So we multiple the top equation by - 1.5

-1.5x - 1.5y = - 18

1.5x + 1.6y = 18.5

Then we can cancel the x since they are opposite and we can add the rest

0.1y = 0.5

Y = 5

Then we can substitute the y into one of the equations

x + 5 = 12

x = 7