Question

The vegetable garden has 95 ripe plants. The

number of tomatoes is 16 fewer than twice the
number of squashes. How many of each
vegetable are ripe?

Answer 1

58 tomatoes

37 squash

Explanation:

let 's' = squash

let '2s - 16' = tomatoes

s + 2s + 16 = 95

3s + 16 = 95

3s = 111

s = 37 (squash)

2(37) - 16 = 58 (tomatoes)