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A trader bought 8 cows and 12 goats for a total of Ksh.294,000. If he had bought 1 more cows and 3 more goats he...

A trader bought 8 cows and 12 goats for a total of Ksh.294,000. If he had bought 1 more cows and 3 more goats he would have spend Ksh.337,500.
(a) Form two equations to represent the above information.
(b) Use matrix method to determine the cost of a cow and that of a goat.
(c) The trader sold the animals he had bought making a profit of 40% per low and 45% per goat.
(i) Calculate the total amount of money he received.
(ii) Determine his profit in Kenya shillings.

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sharon kalunda answered the question on April 25, 2019 at 06:22

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