Question

The local supermarket is having a holiday special on lollipops. The rainbow lollipops, x, cost $2 and the blue lollipops, y, cost $1. At the end of the day, the supermarket sold a total of 185 lollipops with a total profit of $320. Given the system of equations below, find the solution and what it means in context to the situation. 2x+y=320 y=-x+185 *

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Answer 1

135 rainbow lollipops were sold ($270) and 50 blue lollipops were sold ($50).

Step-b-step explanation:

Cost of rainbow lollipops: 2

Cost of blue lollipops: 1

2x + y = 320

x + y = 185, y = 185 - x

Solve with substitution:

2x + (185 - x) = 320

x = 135

y = 50