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After the community clean up, the ecology club collected all the empty drink containers. There were 40 more 5 cent deposit containers than 10 cent deposit containers. If the club received $24.80 from the recycling center, how many 5 cent deposit containers did they have?

Answer :

they had 288! 24.8/10 is 248, +40 is 288!

The number of 5-cent deposit containers the ecology club collected is 192.

What are the linear equations that represent the question?

a - b = 40 equation 1

0.05a + 0.1b = $24.80 equation 2

Where:

  • a = number of 5-cent deposit containers
  • b = number of  10- cent deposit containers.

How many  5-cent deposit containers were collected?

The first step is to multiply equation 1 by 0.1

0.1a - 0.1b = 4 equation 3

Add equation 3 and equation 1

$28.80 = 0.15a

a = $28.80 / 0.15

a = 192

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