Use the distributive property to create an equivalent expression to 40 + 4x
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<h2>Steps</h2>
So for this system, one equation will represent the number of fruit and the other equation will represent the combined total of the fruit. (Let x = apples and y = bananas):
Next, I will be using the substitution method to remove one of the variables. To do this, firstly subtract both sides by y in the first equation:
Next, since we know that x is equal to 20 - y, substitute it into the second equation and solve for y:
Now that we have the value of y, substitute it into either equation to solve for x:
<u>In short, Angelo bough 14 apples and 6 bananas.</u>