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Maru Secondary School consumes 40 bags of maize and 25 bags of beans per term. Kadu Secondary School consumes 35 bags of maize and 18...

      

Maru Secondary School consumes 40 bags of maize and 25 bags of beans per term. Kadu Secondary School consumes 35 bags of maize and 18 bags of beans per term. The schools purchase the grains from the same grain store. Maru pays sh.380,000 while Kadu pays sh.301,500 for the grains.
a) Write down two equations representing the cost of grains in the two schools.
b) Using matrix method , calculate the cost of each bag of maize and beans.
c) The following term the price of each bag of maize increased by 20% while that of beans decreased by 15%.
i) How much did Maru pay for the grains?
ii) If the school enrollment increased by 10% and the food ration also increased proportionally, how much would the school spend on the grains?

  

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sharon
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sharon kalunda answered the question on August 16, 2019 at 06:30


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