Question
In a shop, 75% of the number of vegetables sold were beets and the rest were ginger. Each beet cost 25¢ and each ginger cost 10¢ less than the cost of each beet. Given that $246.60 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many beets were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the ginger only?
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In a shop, 75% of the number of vegetables sold were beets and the rest were ginger. Each beet cost 25¢ and each ginger cost 10¢ less than the cost of each beet. Given that $246.60 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many beets were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the ginger only?