Mustafa buys seed packets for a community garden. One packet of basil seeds costs $1.50. One packet of squash seeds costs $2.50. Let b represent the number of packets of basil seed. Let s represent the number of packets of squash seeds. Mustafa spent $38 on 18 packets of seeds. How many packets of each type of seeds did Mustafa buy?

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Beckett Martinez

26 September, 15:56

Mustafa buys seed packets for a community garden. One packet of basil seeds costs $1.50. One packet of squash seeds costs $2.50. Let b represent the number of packets of basil seed. Let s represent the number of packets of squash seeds. Mustafa spent $38 on 18 packets of seeds. How many packets of each type of seeds did Mustafa buy?

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Rosa Lowe · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

b+s=18

s=18-b

1.50 b+2.50 s=38

multiply by 4

6.00 b+10.00 s=152

divide by 2

3 b+5 s=76

3 b+5 (18-b) = 76

3 b+90-5 b=76

-2b=76-90

-2b=-14

divide by - 2

b=7

s=18-7=11

Edgar Sandoval · Answer 2

Choice 1: 7 basil and 11 squash

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