Question
In a supermarket, 75% of the number of vegetables sold were yams and the rest were potatoes. Each yam cost 25¢ and each potato cost 10¢ less than the cost of each yam. Given that $258.30 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many yams were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the potatoes only?
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In a supermarket, 75% of the number of vegetables sold were yams and the rest were potatoes. Each yam cost 25¢ and each potato cost 10¢ less than the cost of each yam. Given that $258.30 was collected from the sale of the vegetables,
  1. How many yams were sold?
  2. How much was collected from the sale of the potatoes only?