The Garden Factory purchased 4 tons of topsoil and 3 tons of mulch for $1529. The next
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The Garden Factory purchased 4 tons of topsoil and 3 tons of mulch for $1529. The next week the company purchased 2 tons of topsoil and 5 tons of mulch for $1405. Determine the price per ton for topsoil and the price per ton for mulch.
Write a system of equations that can be used to solve the problem. Then solve the system and deter-mine the answer.
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