Given:
Isabella bought 2 apples and 4 mangoes for 28 cents. Mia bought 8 apples and 4 mangoes for 34 cents.
Required:
We need to find the cost of single apple.
Explanation:
First of all let assume a as a apple and m as a mango so now the equations are as
[tex]\begin{gathered} 2a+4m=28 \\ 8a+4m=34 \end{gathered}[/tex]
now use substitution method
[tex]4m=28-2a[/tex]
put this in another equation and we get
[tex]\begin{gathered} 8a+28-2a=34 \\ 6a=6 \\ a=1 \end{gathered}[/tex]
Final answer:
So the cost for single apple is 1 cent.
