A farmer grows 196 pounds of potatoes. He sells them to a grocer who divides them into 5 pound and 2-pound bags. If the grocer uses the same number of 5 and 2-pound bags, how many bags of each did he use?

Answer:The number of the 2 - pound bags is 56 and the number of the 5 - pound bags is 140

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of the 2 - pound bags and the 5 - pound bags be n since they used the same number.

5n + 2n = 196

7n=196

n = 196/7

n = 28

Therefore the number of the 2 - pound bags is 2 * 28 = 56

and the number if the 5 - pound bags is 5*28 = 140