While on a four-week hiking trip in the mountains, the Tryon family washed 11...

[nannerkrug]

...loads of clothes.? The 20-lb capacity
washing machine costs $1.50 per load while the 30-lb
costs $2.50. Their total laundry expense was $20.50.
How many loads were laundered in each size washing
machine?

 

[Josh S]

4 Loads in the 30-lb and 7 loads in the 20-lb.

4 x 2.50=10
7 x 1.50=10.5

10+10.5=20.5
4+7=11