Alice bought apples and oranges. Each apple costs $3 and each orange costs $5. Alice bought a total of 8 fruits and spent $32. How many apples did Alice buy?
Options
A
3
B
4
C
5
D
6
Answer & Analysis
Answer
B
Analysis
To determine the number of apples, we can set up a system of equations based on the given information.
Let x be the number of apples and y be the number of oranges.
We know that Alice bought a total of 10 fruits. This information can be translated into the equation: x + y = 8
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