Question

The French club sold rose bouquets and chocolate hearts for Valentie's day. The roses sold for $5 and the hearts sold for $3. The number of bouquets sold was 15 more than the number of hearts sold. If the club collected a total of $399, how many of each gift was sold?


`5b + 3h = 399`

`b = h + 15`

Answer 1

b= 111/2 or 55.5

h= 81/2 or 40.5