Small baskets of tomatoes are sold at a vegetable stand for $3 per basket. Large baskets of tomatoes are sold at the stand for $5 per basket. Only whole numbers of
baskets may be purchased.
A customer purchases a total of 8 baskets of tomatoes and pays $36.
A. Write and solve a system of equations that models the number of small
baskets (x) and the number of large baskets () that the customer purchases.
Show or explain all your work.

my answer is$ 12

step-by-step explanation:

because 15 -2=12

false

step-by-step explanation:

x =-.20752

step-by-step explanation:

4^(x+2)=12

4^(x+2)=12

take the log base 4 on each side

log 4 (4^(x+2) = log 4(12)

we know log b(a^y) = y log b (a)

(x+2) log 4(4) = log 4 (12)

x+2 = log 4 (12)

we know   logb c = loga c/loga b

we want to convert to base 10   so a = 10

by default, we do not write the 10   c = 4   and b = 10

log4 10 = log 12/log 4

log4 10 = log 12/ log 4

x+2 = log 12/ log 4

subtract 2 from each side

x +2 -2 = log 12/ log 4 -2

x = 1.79248125 -2

x =-.20752