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

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Answer:

The number of basket of strawberries are 8 and number of basket of peaches are 15.

Explanation:

As given

x = represents baskets of strawberries .

y = represents baskets of peaches .

As given

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.

Than the equations becomes

x + y = 23

20x + 18y = 430

Multiply x + y = 23 by 20 and subtracted from 20x + 18y = 430.

20x - 20x + 18y - 20y = 430 - 460

-2y = -30

2y = 30

y = 15

Put y = 15 in the equation x + y = 23

x + 15 = 23

x = 23 - 15

x = 8

Therefore the number of basket of strawberries are 8 and number of basket of peaches are 15.

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Answer:

D 15 baskets of peaches

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