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Luis ans Carrie purchased two types of tea .the herbal tea variety cost $1.50 per box and the regular variety cost $1.00 per box they bought A total of 10 boxes and spent $11.50 how many boxes of each type did they buy

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Answer:

I'm not Certain but I'm thinking that it would be 4 boxes of the regular tea and 5 of the herbal tea.

Explanation:

herbal- $1.50

regular- $1

$1*4 =$4

$1.50*5 = $7.50

$4.00+ $7.50=11.50

User TNM
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Answer:

Herbal tea box = 3

Regular tea box = 7

Explanation:

Le x be the number of herbal tea box and y be the number of regular tea box.

The herbal tea variety cost $1.50 per box and the regular variety cost $1.00 per box they bought A total of 10 boxes and spent $11.50.


x+y=10\Rightarrow y=10-x .... (1)


1.50x+1.00y=11.50 ... (2)

From (1) and (2) we get


1.50x+1.00(10-x)=11.50


1.50x+10-1.00x=11.50


0.50x=11.50-10


0.50x=1.50


x=(1.50)/(0.50)=3

Substitute x=3 in equation (1).


y=10-x=10-3=7

Therefore, the number of herbal tea boxes is 3 and the number of regular tea boxes is 7.

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