Question

Apples cost $2 per pound and organic bananas cost $3 per pound. Leah bought

a total of 8 pounds of apples and bananas for $18. Write a system of equation to represent this situation, where x is the number of pounds of apples and y is the
number of pounds of bananas. Solve the system. How many pounds of each did Leah buy?

Answer 1

6x + 2y

She bought 6 pounds of apples and 2 pounds of organic bananas

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