Question
In a supermarket, 75% of the number of vegetables sold were ginger and the rest were beets. Each ginger cost 25¢ and each beet cost 10¢ less than the cost of each ginger. Given that $202.50 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many ginger were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the beets only?
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In a supermarket, 75% of the number of vegetables sold were ginger and the rest were beets. Each ginger cost 25¢ and each beet cost 10¢ less than the cost of each ginger. Given that $202.50 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many ginger were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the beets only?