A merchant sells 3 different sizes of canned tomatoes. A large can costs as much as 5 medium cans or 7 small cans. If a customer buys an equal number of small and large cans of tomatoes for the exact amount of money that would buy 200 medium cans, how many small cans will she buy?

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anonymous · Answer

280

anonymous · Answer

@bhhoward can you explain how you arrived at that?

anonymous · Answer

bhhoward, please explain how you got to the answer. I was having trouble setting it up algebraiclly and solving it.