You spend $20 total on tubes of paint and disposable brushes for an art project. Tubes of paint cost $4.00 each and paintbrushes

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3 years ago

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You spend $20 total on tubes of paint and disposable brushes for an art project. Tubes of paint cost $4.00 each and paintbrushes

cost $0.50 each. You purchase twice as many brushes as tubes of paint. How many brushes and tubes of paint do you purchase?

Mathematics

2 answers:

denis-greek [22] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-01T02:50:44+03:00

denis-greek [22]3 years ago

8 0

4t + 0.50b = 20
b = 2t

4t + 0.50(2t) = 20
4t + t = 20
5t = 20
t = 20/5
t = 4

b = 2t
b = 2(4)
b = 8

so there were 4 tubes of paint and 8 brushes purchased for 20 bucks

Fittoniya [83] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-01T04:33:15+03:00

Fittoniya [83]3 years ago

3 0

20=4x+2(.50x)
not sure but this could be an equation to solve it