CPM Homework Help : CCAA8 Problem 5-70

Write an equation or system of equations and then solve the problem below.

The French club sold rose bouquets and chocolate hearts for Valentine’s Day. The roses sold for $$5$ and the hearts sold for $$3$ . The number of bouquets sold was $15$ more than the number of hearts sold. If the club collected a total of $$339$ , how many of each gift was sold?

Hint:

Define variables.
Let $b =$ the number of bouquets and
$h =$ the number of hearts.

More Help:

Write an equation that says the cost of $b$ bouquets and the cost of $h$ hearts $= $339$ .

Additional Help:

$5b + 3h = 339$
$b = h + 15$

Answer:

$48$ bouquets and $33$ hearts