Problema Solution
The Art Club is selling wrapping paper and poinsettia plants to raise money for a trip. A poinsettia sells for $4.50 and a roll of wrapping paper is $3. The group has sold $292.50 in plants and wrap. They have sold twice as many rolls of wrap as plants. Write a system of equations for this situation then solve the system by substitution.
How many rolls of wrapping paper have they sold?
How many poinsettia plants were sold?
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Let
x = the number of rolls of wrapping paper sold
y = the number of poinsettia plants sold
3x + 4.50y = 292.50
x = 2y
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click here to see the system of equations solved for x and y
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x = 55.7 rolls of wrapping paper sold
y = 27.8 poinsettia plants sold