At a farmer’s market, a basket of strawberries costs 20 dollars and a basket of peaches costs 18 dollars On Saturday, 23 baskets were sold and 430 dollars collected. If x represents the number of baskets of strawberries and y represents the number of baskets of peaches, how many baskets of peaches were sold on Saturday? 20 x plus 18 y is equal to 430 x plus y is equal to 23
The number of baskets gives x + y = 23, so x = 23 − y. Substitute that into the money equation: 20(23 − y) + 18y = 430, which simplifies to 460 − 2y = 430. Thus y = 15, so 15 baskets of peaches were sold. The correct choice is A, 15 baskets of peaches.
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