Question

At a fancy vegetable stand, Jim bought purple tomatoes for $8 each and Aubrey bought organic giant cabbages for $12 each. In total, they paid $104 for 10 vegetables. How many cabbages did Aubrey buy?
a.Four
b.Five
c.Six
d.Seven
e.Eight
please explain

Answer 1

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Answer 2

let x represent the number of purple tomatoes
and let y represent the amount of giant cabbages.


from the question:
8x + 12y = 104
and
x + y = 10