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Arianna is buying plants for her garden. she buys 15 flowering plants for $96. pink flowering plants sell for $8, and purple flowering plants sell for $5. how many pink flowering plants did arianna buy? i figured out the answer! the answer is 7. 8x +5y = 96 plug in 7 for x 8 (7) + 5y = 96 56 + 5y = 96 subtract 56 from both sides 5y/y = 40/5 y = 8 she bought 7 pink and 8 purple plants

How do you use the elimination method for this question? explain, because i really want to understand!

Sue's average score for three bowling games was 162. in the second game, sue scored 10 less than in the first game. in the third game, she scored 13 less than in the second game. what was her score in the first game?