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Emma and Anna went to the market to buy 25 fruits. Emma got a few apples that cost $2 each, and Anna bought some oranges which cost $3 each. If their combined total is $60, how many oranges did Anna get?

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Emma and Anna went to the market to buy 25 fruits. Emma got a few apples that cost 2each,andAnnaboughtsomeorangeswhichcost2 each, and Anna bought some oranges which cost 3 each. If their combined total is $60, how many oranges did Anna get?

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Solution

Let's denote the number of apples that Emma bought as A and the number of oranges that Anna bought as O.

From the problem, we know two things:

  1. The total number of fruits they bought is 25, so A + O = 25.
  2. The total cost of the fruits is 60.Sinceeachapplecosts60. Since each apple costs 2 and each orange costs $3, we can write this as 2A + 3O = 60.

Now we have a system of two equations, and we can solve it step by step:

Step 1: Multiply the first equation by 2: 2A + 2O = 50. Step 2: Subtract the new equation from the second equation: 2A + 3O - (2A + 2O) = 60 - 50, which simplifies to O = 10.

So, Anna bought 10 oranges.

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