A garden supply store sells two types of lawn mowers. The smaller mower costs $249.99 and the larger mower cost $329.99. If 30 total mowers were sold and the total sales for a given year was $8379.70, find how many of each type were sold.

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Brett

3 July, 02:13

A garden supply store sells two types of lawn mowers. The smaller mower costs $249.99 and the larger mower cost $329.99. If 30 total mowers were sold and the total sales for a given year was $8379.70, find how many of each type were sold.

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Casey Donaldson · Answer 1

19 smaller lawn mowers & 11 larger lawn mowers.

Step-by-step explanation:

249.99x + 329.99*30-329.99x = 8379.70

-80x + 9899.70 = 8379.70

-80x = - 1520.00

x = 19 (smaller lawn mowers)

30-x = 11 (larger lawn mowers)