The town has set aside $500 to spend on maple trees and rose bushes. Maple trees cost $50 each and rose bushes cost $25 each. Salvador decides to plant three rose bushes around each maple tree. How many maple trees and rose bushes should he buy?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-03T22:16:35

He should buy 4 maple trees and 12 rose bushes.

Each group of 1 maple tree + 3 rose bushes costs:#

#$50 + (3*$25) = $125#

So, with $500 it is possible to buy:

#500 / 125 = 4 groups#

Once each group has 1 maple tree, the total maple trees are:

#4 * 1 = 4# maple trees

As each group has 3 rose bushes, the total of rose bushes is:

#4 * 3 = 12# rose bushes