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Nolan and his children went into a grocery store and he bought $8 worth of apples
and bananas. Each apple costs $2 and each banana costs $0.40. He bought 5 times as
many bananas as apples. By following the steps below, determine the number of
apples, 2, and the number of bananas, y, that Nolan bought.

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    To solve this problem form the system of equations first, then solve them to find the values of the variables.

  Nolan bought 2 apples and 10 bananas.

It's given that,

  • Nolan and his children bought fruits (Apples and bananas) worth $8.
  • Cost of each apple and bananas are $2 and $0.40 respectively.

Let the number of bananas he bought = y

And the number of apples = x

Therefore, cost of the apples =$2x

And the cost of bananas = $0.40y

Total cost of 'x' apples and 'y' bananas = $(2x + 0.40y)

Equation representing the total cost of fruits will be,

(2x + 0.40y) = 8

10(2x + 0.40y) = 10(8)

20x + 4y = 80

5x + y = 20 --------(1)

If he bought 5 times as many bananas as apples,

y = 5x ------(2)

Substitute the value of y from equation (2) to equation (1),

5x + 5x = 20

10x = 20

x = 2

Substitute the value of 'x' in equation (2)

y = 5(2)

y = 10

               Therefore, Nolan bought 2 apples and 10 bananas.

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