Question

A bakery sold apple pies for $11 and blueberry pies $13 one Saturday they sold a total of 38 pies and collected a total of $460 how many apple pies did they sell and how many blueberry pies did they sell

Answer 1

21 blueberry pies and 17 apple pies

Explanation:

Apple pie - 11

Blueberry pie - 13

total pie- 38

Total money - 460

let x = apple pie, y = blue berry pie

x+y=38

x=38-y

11x + 13y =460

11(38-y) + 13y = 460

418-11y +13y = 460

2y=42

y=42/2 =21

x=17