Linear equation is the equation in which the power of the unknown variable is 1. The number of bracelet with blue beads is 10 and bracelet with red beads is 17
Given information-
Each bracelet with blue beads sells for $4. 50.
Each bracelet with red beads sells for $5.
Sarabeth raised a total of $130 for the library.
Linear equation is the equation in which the power of the unknown variable is 1
The number of bracelet with blue beads is [tex]b[/tex] and the number of bracelet with red beads is [tex]r[/tex].
As the number of bracelets with red beads (r) that Sarabeth sold is 3 less than twice the number of bracelets with blue beads (b) sold. Thus,
[tex]r=2b-3[/tex]
Each bracelet with blue beads sells for $4. 50 and each bracelet with red beads sells for $5. Sarabeth raised a total of $130 for the library. Thus
[tex]130=4.5b+5r[/tex]
Put the value of [tex]r[/tex] in the above equation,
[tex]\begin{aligned}130 &=4.5b+5(2b-3)\\130 &=4.5b +10b-15\\130+15 &=14.5b\\b&=\dfrac{145}{14.5} \\b&=10\\\end[/tex]
Therefore the number of blue bracelet are 10. Thus the red bracelets are,
[tex]r=2\times10-3[/tex]
[tex]r=17[/tex]
Hence the number of bracelet with blue beads is 10 and bracelet with red beads is 17.
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