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Nora and her children went into a grocery store and see by $5 worth of apples and bananas each Apple cost $1 each banana costs $0.50. She bought 3 times as many bananas as apples. By following the stars below determine the number of apples, x, and the number of banana, y, that Nora bought.

Nora and her children went into a grocery store and see by 5 worth of apples and bananas each Apple cost 1 each banana costs 050 She bought 3 times as many bana class=

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Solving a system of equations, we will see that Nora bought 2 apples and 6 bananas.

How many apples and bananas Nora did bought?

Let's define the variables:

  • x = number of apples.
  • y = number of bananas.

We know that She buys 3 times as many bananas as apples.

y = 3*x

The total cost is $5.

x*$1 + y*$0.50 = $5

Then we have a system of equations:

y = 3*x

x*$1 + y*$0.50 = $5

Replacing the first equation into the second one we get:

x*$1 + (3x)*$0.50 = $5

Now we can solve this for x.

x*$1 + x*$1.50 = $5

x*$2.50 = $5

x = $5/$2.50 = 2

So She bought 2 apples, and:

y = 3*x = 3*2 = 6

And 6 bananas.

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