Question
In a shop, 60% of the number of vegetables sold were turnips and the rest were ginger. Each turnip cost 50¢ and each ginger cost 20¢ less than the cost of each turnip. Given that $214.20 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many turnips were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the ginger only?
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In a shop, 60% of the number of vegetables sold were turnips and the rest were ginger. Each turnip cost 50¢ and each ginger cost 20¢ less than the cost of each turnip. Given that $214.20 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many turnips were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the ginger only?