Mrs. Tabut bought 4 spoons and 6 plates for Kshs. 660 and Mrs. Koross bought 2 spoons and 1 plate less than Mrs. Tabut for...

      

Mrs. Tabut bought 4 spoons and 6 plates for Kshs. 660 and Mrs. Koross bought 2 spoons and 1 plate less than Mrs. Tabut for Kshs. 510.
(i) Find the price of each item.
(ii) Mrs. Lagat spent Kshs. 2280 to buy the same type of spoons and plates. If the number of plates she bought were 4 more than the number of spoons, find the number of spoons bought by Mrs. Lagat.

  

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Wilfykil answered the question on August 20, 2019 at 08:38

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