CPM Homework Help : GB8I Problem 11-24

Thanh bought $11$ pieces of fruit and spent $$5.60$ . If apples cost $$0.60$ each and pears cost $$0.35$ each, how many of each kind of fruit did he buy?

Step 1:

Let $x =$ the number of apples he bought
Let $y =$ the number of pears he bought
Write a system of equations using the given information.

Step 2:

$0.60x + 0.35y = 5.60$
$x + y = 11$

Step 3:

Solve the system of equations for $x$ and using either the Substitution Method or the Elimination Method.