Question

A​ person's website specializes in the sale of rare or unusual vegetable seeds. He sells packets of​ sweet-pepper seeds for ​$2.16 each and packets of​ hot-pepper seeds for ​$4.40 each. He also offers a 16​-packet mixed pepper assortment combining packets of both types of seeds at ​$2.44 per packet. How many packets of each type of seed are in the​ assortment?

Answer 1

2.16x+4.40(16-x) = 2.44(16)

2.16x+70.40-4.40x = 39.04

-2.24x = -31.36

x= 14

So, there are 14 packets of the sweet pepper seeds at 2.16 and 16-14 = 4 packets of the hot pepper seeds at 4.40