ALGEBRA 1 HELP!!! On Friday Tim went to the farmers market to sell apples and buy pears.

Question

1. Sold apples for $1.50 each
2. Bought pears for $0.75
3. For every Apple he sold he bought two pears. At the end of the day he had a net profit of $6

The Questions for this problem

1. write two equations describing the number of apples (a) Tim sold and the number of Pears (p) he bought
2. How many pears did Tim buy?

Tim plans to sell The same number of apples and buy the same number as Pears as Friday.

1. he wants to double his net profit from Friday, so he will change the amount he charges per Apple.
2. How much should Tim charge per apple?

Answer 1

Part 1.

This is the system of two equations and two unknowns.

1.5 A - .75 P = 6 or 3/2 A - 3/4 P = 6 Multiply by 4 so 6 A - 3 P = 24 Divide by 3:

2 A - P = 8

A = 2 P

Part 2.

So

4 P - P = 8 so: 3 P = 8 or the solution is

P = 8/3 and A = 16/3.which are the number of apples sold and pearls bought..

Part 3.

16/3 A - 8/3 ( 0.75) = 2 . 6

16/3 A - 2 = 12

16/3 A = 14

A = 21 / 8.

The data of the problem is somehow that you will get fractions for answers..