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Peter owned a juice shop. He sold a cup of lemon juice for $1.25 and a cup of apple juice for $2.50. If Peter sold a total of 155 cups of juice and collected a total of $256 approximately, how many cups of each type did he sell?

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The number of cup of lemon juice is 105 cups and number of cup of apple juice is 50 cups.

What is a system of equation?

A system of equations is a set or collection of equations that you deal with all together at once. For a system to have a unique solution, the number of equations must equal the number of unknowns.

For the given situation,

Peter sold a cup of lemon juice = $1.25

Peter sold a cup of apple juice =  $2.50

Total number of cups sold = 155 cups

Total amount = $256

Let number of cup of lemon juice be x and

let number of cup of apple juice be y

The equations for the above statements are

[tex]x + y = 155 ------- (1)\\1.25x +2.50y = 256 ------- (2)[/tex]

From equation 1,

⇒ [tex]x=155-y[/tex]

Now substitute x in equation 2,

⇒ [tex]1.25(155-y)+2.50y=256[/tex]

⇒ [tex]193.75-1.25y+2.50y=256[/tex]

⇒ [tex]1.25y=256-193.75[/tex]

⇒ [tex]1.25y=62.25\\[/tex]

⇒ [tex]y=\frac{62.25}{1.25}[/tex]

⇒ [tex]y=49.8[/tex] ≈ [tex]50[/tex]

Now substitute y in equation 1,

⇒ [tex]x=155-50[/tex]

⇒ [tex]x=105[/tex]

Hence we can conclude that the number of cup of lemon juice is 105 cups and number of cup of apple juice is 50 cups.

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