A gift basket with 3 different types of candles: tapers, pillars and jar candles. Candles cost $1, $4, $6 each respectively. Each basket has 8 candles costing $24. There are as many tapers as pillars and jar candles combined. How many of each do u need?
1 Answer
Mar 15, 2018
4 tapers, 2 pillars, 2 jars
Explanation:
Let t= # of tapers
Let= # of pillars
Let j= # of jars
Eight candles in a basket :
Substitute
There are no part-candles, so the only possible answer is
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