Question
In a supermarket, 70% of the number of vegetables sold were potatoes and the rest were carrots. Each potato cost 25¢ and each carrot cost 10¢ less than the cost of each potato. Given that $272.80 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many potatoes were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the carrots only?
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In a supermarket, 70% of the number of vegetables sold were potatoes and the rest were carrots. Each potato cost 25¢ and each carrot cost 10¢ less than the cost of each potato. Given that $272.80 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many potatoes were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the carrots only?