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Write a system of equations to find how many square feet each mom painted and how many square feet each daughter painted.

Write a system of equations to find how many square feet each mom painted and how many square feet each daughter painted class=

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Let the Number of Square feet Painted by each Mother be : M

Let the Number of Square feet Painted by each Daughter be : D

On Saturday : 8 Mothers worked with 12 Daughters and painted 220 Square feet

⇒ 8M + 12D = 220

Dividing the above Equation with 4

⇒ 2M + 3D = 55 ---------------- [1]

On Sunday : 6 Mothers worked with 8 Daughters and painted 152 Square feet

⇒ 6M + 8D = 152

Dividing the above equation with 2

⇒ 3M + 4D = 76 --------------- [2]

Multiplying Equation [1] with 3, We get :

⇒ 6M + 9D = 165 ------------------- [3]

Multiplying Equation [2] with 2, We get :

⇒ 6M + 8D = 152 -------------------- [4]

Subtracting Equation [4] from Equation [3], We get :

⇒ (6M + 9D) - (6M + 8D) = 165 - 152

⇒ 6M + 9D - 6M - 8D = 13

⇒ D = 13

Substituting D = 13 in Equation [1] , We get :

⇒ 2M + 3(13) = 55

⇒ 2M + 39 = 55

⇒ 2M = 55 - 39

⇒ 2M = 16

⇒ M = 8

⇒ Number of Square feet Painted by each Mother : 8

⇒ Number of Square feet Painted by each Daughter : 13