Question

Question #c32f9

Answer 1

`329+658 = 987` roses altogether

Explanation:

There are 2 unknowns - the number of red roses and the number of white roses.
You can use one variable to define both of them
He sold fewer white roses, choose this as `x`

Let the number of white roses be `x`.
The number of red roses is `2x" "larr` twice as many as white roses

Each white rose costs $10 and each red rose costs $8

`10x+8xx2x =8554`

`10x+16x = 8554`

`26x= 8554`

`x = 8554/26`

`x=329` white roses

`2x = 2xx329=658`red roses

`329+658 = 987` roses altogether