Given:
Kim picked 250 pounds of pears yesterday and 287 pounds of pears today.
To find:
The percentage increase of amount of pears picked by Kim.
Solution:
We know that,





Therefore, the percentage increase of amount of pears picked by Kim is 14.8%.
You can substitute what y is into the second equation, so:
3x + 4(2x + 1) = 26
3x + 8x + 4 = 26
11x + 4 = 26
- 4
11x = 22
÷ 11
x = 2
y = (2 × 2) + 1
y = 5 + 1
y = 5
So you get x as 2 and y as 5, I hope this helps!
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