Question
In a shop, 70% of the number of vegetables sold were turnips and the rest were sweet potatoes. Each turnip cost 25¢ and each sweet potato cost 10¢ less than the cost of each turnip. Given that $270.60 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many turnips were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the sweet potatoes only?
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In a shop, 70% of the number of vegetables sold were turnips and the rest were sweet potatoes. Each turnip cost 25¢ and each sweet potato cost 10¢ less than the cost of each turnip. Given that $270.60 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many turnips were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the sweet potatoes only?