Solve this application problem using a system of equations: A grocery store recently sold a bag of peanuts for $0.76 and a bag of pistachios for $3.68. At the end of that day, 50 bags of
peanuts and pistachios were sold for a total of $128.52. How many bags of each were sold?

19 bags of peanuts and 31 bags of pistachios were sold.

Step-by-step explanation:

This question is solved by a system of equations.

I am going to say that:

x is the number of bags of peanuts sold.

y is the number of bags of pistachios sold.

50 bags of  peanuts and pistachios were sold

This means that , that is:

A grocery store recently sold a  bag of peanuts for $0.76 and a bag of pistachios for $3.68. Were sold for a total of $128.52.

This means that:

Since

19 bags of peanuts and 31 bags of pistachios were sold.