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At a farmer’s market, a basket of strawberries costs $20 and a basket of peaches costs $18. On Saturday, $430 worth of strawberries and peaches were sold, and a total of 23 baskets were sold. If x represents baskets of strawberries and y represents baskets of peaches, how many baskets of peaches were sold on Saturday?

20x+18y=430
x+y=23

8 baskets
11 baskets
12 baskets
15 baskets

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Answer:

15 baskets of peaches were sold on Saturday.

Explanation:

Here, x represents baskets of strawberries and y represents baskets of peaches sold on saturday,

Also, the system of equations that shows the given situation is,

20x+18y = 430 --------(1)

x+y = 23 ----------(2),

Equation (1) - 20 × Equation (2),

We get,

18y - 20 y = 430 - 460

⇒ -2 y = - 30

Divide both sides by - 2,

y = 15,

Hence, 15 baskets of peaches were sold on Saturday.

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For the answer to the question above asking how many baskets of peaches were sold on Saturday?
18x15=270
20x8=160
270+160=430
The answer is 15 baskets of peaches were sold
The last one is the right answer among the given choices
I hope my answer helped you.
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