75.25x + 3604 = 300.50x
300.50x - 75.25x = 3604
225.25x = 3604
x = 16
Both companies charged the same at 16 tons
first answer 16 tons
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300.50x = 300.50(16) = $4,808
both companies charged the same are $4,808
second answer is $4,808
Take the price of pears (£1.30 per kilogram) and multiply it by the amount of pears (7kg). You get 9.1 so now you take the total amount spent (£12.70) and subtract the 9.1 and you get 3.6 now that is the amount you spent on the apples. So take 3.6 and divide it by the amount of apples you got (2kg) you will get 1.8 and that is your overall answer.
According to the information given in the exercise, the following expression represents the area of the rectangular garden:

And the following expression represents the combined area of the walkway around the rectangular garden and the area of the garden:

You can identify that the word "combined" indicates that that expression was obtained by adding both areas.
Knowing the above, you can set up the following equation:

Where "A" is the area of the walkway around the rectangular garden.
Solving for "A", you get the following expression:

The answer is: