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Jack is selling holiday ornaments and boxes of candy. Each ornament is $1.50 and
each box of candy is $3.00. Jack sold a total of 15 items for $27. How many boxes of
candy did he sell?


Sagot :

Answer:

x = 12, y =

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x=# of Ornaments and y=# of boxes of candy.  The system of equations is:

x + y = 15

1.5x + 3y = 27

And solve via elimination

1.5 x = 18

x = 12, y =3

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