Question
In a supermarket, 60% of the number of vegetables sold were sweet potatoes and the rest were onions. Each sweet potato cost 25¢ and each onion cost 10¢ less than the cost of each sweet potato. Given that $270.90 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many sweet potatoes were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the onions only?
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In a supermarket, 60% of the number of vegetables sold were sweet potatoes and the rest were onions. Each sweet potato cost 25¢ and each onion cost 10¢ less than the cost of each sweet potato. Given that $270.90 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many sweet potatoes were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the onions only?