The question is incomplete:
You have space in your garden for 60 small flowering bulbs. Crocus bulbs cost $0.25 each and daffodil bulbs cost $0.85 each. Your budget allows you to spend $39.00 on bulbs. How many crocus bulbs and how many daffodil bulbs can you buy?
Answer:
You can buy 20 crocus bulbs and 40 daffodil bulbs.
Explanation:
From the information provided you can write the following equations:
x+y=60 (1)
0.25x+0.85y=39 (2), where:
x is the number of crocus bulbs and y is the number of daffodil bulbs.
First, you can solve for x in (1):
x=60-y (3)
Then, you can replace (3) in (2):
0.25(60-y)+0.85y=39
15-0.25y+0.85y=39
0.60y=39-15
y=24/0.60
y=40
Finally, you can replace the value of y in (3) to find the value of x:
x=60-40
x=20
According to this, the answer is that you can buy 20 crocus bulbs and 40 daffodil bulbs.