Question

a recycling company gives you 5 cents for every plastic bottle and 10 cents for every glass bottle. from a certain individual the recycling company received 59 bottles and paid $4.55. How many glass bottles did the individuals recycle?

Answer 1

So Let's Considered No. of Plastic Bottles be a and No. of Glass Bottles be b

So a+b=59
Also a+2b=91

Lets Subtract Equations We get

so b=32

Also a=27 (After Solving)

Hence The Individual Recieved 32 Glass and 27 Plastic Bottles