Question

a farmer sells a bushel of soybeans for $5 and a bushel of corns for $3. If he hopes to earn $164 an plans to sell 40 bushels in all, how many bushels of soybeans does he need to sell?

Answer 1

i don't really understand dat.

Answer 2

im in 6th grade i need a more simple answer

Answer 3

the variables are "bushels of corn" and "bushels of soybeans"

Answer 4

call them C and S

Answer 5

C is the number of bushels of corn
S is the number of bushels of soybeans

Answer 6

how many total bushels will he sell?