A fishing entushiast buys fifty maggots and twenty worms for $1.10, and her mother buys thirty maggots and forty worms for $1.50
Find the cost of one maggot and one worm
maggot = x
worm = y

A fishing entushiast buys fifty maggots and twenty worms for $1.10, and her mother buys thirty maggots and forty worms for $1.50
Find the cost of one maggot and one worm
maggot = x
worm = y
@Mathematics

Question

A fishing entushiast buys fifty maggots and twenty worms for $1.10, and her mother buys thirty maggots and forty worms for $1.50
Find the cost of one maggot and one worm
maggot = x
worm = y
  
A fishing entushiast buys fifty maggots and twenty worms for $1.10, and her mother buys thirty maggots and forty worms for $1.50
Find the cost of one maggot and one worm
maggot = x
worm = y
  @Mathematics

anonymous · Answer

i just wanted it turned to a simultaneous equation as i will try to solve it myself

anonymous · Answer

Let maggot' price be x
Let worm' price be y
50x + 20y =1.1
30x + 40y = 1.5

anonymous · Answer

100x + 40y = 2.2
-   30x + 40y  = 1.5
70x = 0.7
x = 0.01
y = 0.03