Question

A local boys club sold 196 bags of mulch and made a total of $355. It sold two types of mulch: hardwood for $2.00 a bag and pine bark for $1.75 a bag. How many bags of each kind of mulch did it sell?

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Answer 1

Answer:

Hardwood = 48 bags,

Bag and Pine = 148 bags

Step-by-step explanation:

let number of bags of hardwood be x and for pine be y

2x+1.75y=355----equation1

x+y=196 ---equation2

rewrite equation2 as y=196-x

substitute to equation1 = 2x+1.75(196-x)=355

simplify to get x = 48

from equation 2, y=196-x

y=196-48 = 148

Therefore

Hardwood = 48 bags,

Bag and Pine = 148 bags