Question

A store ordered 650 candles at a total wholesale cost of $6,789.30. The soy candles cost $12.02 each and the specialty candles cost $9.12 each how many of each type of candle were ordered

Answer 1

Answer: 297 and 353

Explanation:

Given

A store ordered 650 candles at a total cost of $6,789.30

The soy candles cost $12.02 each and the specialty candles cost $9.12

Suppose there x soy candles and y specialty candles

`\therefore x+y=650\quad \ldost(i)\\12.02x+9.12y=6789.30\quad \ldots(ii)\\\text{Solve (i) and (ii)}`

`x=297,y=353`

Store ordered 297 soy candles and 353 specialty candles.