Question

I really just need help translating this into an equation...

On a buying trip in Los Angeles, Rosaria Perez ordered 120 pieces of jewelry: a number of bracelets at $8 each and a number of necklaces at $9 each. She wrote a check for $1030 to pay for the order. How many bracelets and how many necklaces did Rosaria purchase?

45 bracelets and 75 necklaces

55 bracelets and 65 necklaces

60 bracelets and 60 necklaces

50 bracelets and 70 necklaces

Answer 1

hold on ill answer it

Answer 2

i just need help putting it into a formula

Answer 3

ok ill see to it

Answer 4

i think it is a simulteanous question

Answer 5

so i thinnk the formula shuld be:
x+y=120
8x+9y+1030

Answer 6

x+y=120
8x+9y=1030

Answer 7

Oh. thank you! I kept thinking of it as a mixture problem, not a system, derp

Answer 8

oh

Answer 9

thx for the medal