Answer:
The number of basket of strawberries are 8 and number of basket of peaches are 15.
Step-by-step explanation:
As given
x = represents baskets of strawberries .
y = represents baskets of peaches .
As given
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.
Than the equations becomes
x + y = 23
20x + 18y = 430
Multiply x + y = 23 by 20 and subtracted from 20x + 18y = 430.
20x - 20x + 18y - 20y = 430 - 460
-2y = -30
2y = 30
[tex]y = \frac{30}{2}[/tex]
y = 15
Put y = 15 in the equation x + y = 23
x + 15 = 23
x = 23 - 15
x = 8
Therefore the number of basket of strawberries are 8 and number of basket of peaches are 15.
