Question
In a shop, 70% of the number of vegetables sold were potatoes and the rest were garlics. Each potato cost 25¢ and each garlic cost 10¢ less than the cost of each potato. Given that $215.60 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many potatoes were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the garlics only?
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In a shop, 70% of the number of vegetables sold were potatoes and the rest were garlics. Each potato cost 25¢ and each garlic cost 10¢ less than the cost of each potato. Given that $215.60 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many potatoes were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the garlics only?