Question

Landscaping company place two orders with a nursery the first order was for 13 brushes in for trees in totaled $487 the second order was for six pushes into trees in totaled 230 to the bills do not list their prime per item Price what are the costs of one Bush and of one tree

Answer 1

Bushes= $27

Trees= $34

Explanation:

13 bushes and 4 trees total to $487

6 bushes and 2 trees total to $230

Let x be bushes and y be trees hence forming set of simultaneous equation then

13x+4y=487

6x+2y=230

From the second equation

3x+y=230

y=115-3x

Substituting y into first equation then

13x+4(115-3x)=487

13x+460-12x=487

x=487-460

x=27

since y=115-3x

y=115-3(27)=34