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carson and his children went into a grocery store and he bought $10 worth of apples and bananas. Each apple costs $2 and each banana costs $0.50. He bought 5 more bananas than apples. By following the steps below, determine the number of apples, x,x, and the number of bananas, y,y, that carson bought.

Answer :

Bananas = y and apples = x the equation would be 2x + .5y = 10
Carson bought five more bananas then apples Carson bought 3 apples and 8 bananas
3 = x and 8 = y
2(3) + .5(8) = 10