A roadside vegetable stand sells pumpkins for $5 each and squashes for $3 each. One day they sold 6 more squash than pumpkins, and their sales totaled $98. Write and solve a system of equations to find how many pumpkins and squash they sold?

How do I do this?

Rate at which each pumpkin is sold = $5

Rate at which each squash is sold = $3

Let us assume the number of pumpkins sold in a day = x

Then

The number of squash sold on that day = x + 6

Total amount of sales on that day = $98

Then

5x + 3 (x + 6) = 98

5x + 3x + 18 = 98

8x = 98 - 18

8x = 80

x = 80/8

= 10

So

The number of pumpkins sold = 10

The number of squash sold = x + 6

= 10 + 6

= 16