Darla wants to start a gardening club at her school and she needs to know how many of each seed she can get with $135

Question

Darla wants to start a gardening club at her school. The cucumbers cost $2.00 and the tomatos cost $1.50 per package of seeds. Darla spent a total of $135 on a total of 80 packages of seeds. How many packages of each seed did she get nbsp;

Answer 1

Let c = the number of packages of cucumbers

Let t = the number of packages of tomatoes

c + t = 80    c = 80 - t

2c + 1.5t = 135    Multiply this equation by 10.

20c + 15t = 1350    Replace c with 80 - t

20(80-t) + 15t = 1350

1600 - 20t + 15t = 1350

-5t = -250

t = 50 packages of tomato seeds

c = 80 - 50

c = 30 packages of cucumber seeds