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Carson runs a farm stand that sells strawberries and bananas. Each pound of
strawberries sells for $3 and each pound of bananas sells for $1.50. Carson sold 4
times as many pounds of strawberries as pounds of bananas and he made $135
altogether. Graphically solve a system of equations in order to determine the number
of pounds of strawberries sold, 2, and the number of pounds of bananas sold, y.

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Answer:

  • 40 lb strawberries
  • 10 lb bananas

Step-by-step explanation:

See below for the graph of the equations ...

  3x +1.50y = 135 . . . . total from sales

  x = 4y . . . . . . . . . . . . strawberry pounds are 4 times banana pounds

The solution is ...

  (x, y) = (40, 10)

  40 pounds of strawberries and 10 pounds of bananas were sold

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Answer: There were 40 pounds of strawberries sold and 10 pounds of bananas sold.

Step-by-step explanation:  

x=the number of pounds of strawberries sold

y=the number of pounds of bananas sold

3x+1.50y=135       (0,90)  (45,0)

x=4y    (20,5)   (40,10)

(40,10)

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