At a farmer’s market, a basket of strawberries costs $20 and a basket of peaches costs $18. On Saturday, $430 worth of strawberries and peaches were sold, and a total of 23 baskets were sold. If x represents baskets of strawberries and y represents baskets of peaches, how many baskets of peaches were sold on Saturday?

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Mercury · Answer

"x = baskets of strawberries" "y = baskets of peaches"

total baskets = 23 so x + y = 23

"430 worth of produce"
the cost of produce can be found by taking
(cost of strawberries)(# of baskets of strawberries) + (cost of peaches)(# of baskets of peaches) = total cost

therefore 20x + 18y = 430

Mercury · Answer

solve the system:
20x + 18y = 430
x + y = 23

by elimination, substitution, or graphing