Brad sold candy bars and cookies for a fundraiser at school. Candy bars sold for $3 and cookies sold for $5. He sold a total of 20 items and made $76. How many candy bars did Brad sell?

The answer for the question in this problem would be $12 is the price of candy bars. This is computed by establishing the equation based on the statement, x + y = 20 and 3x + 5y = 76. Follows:

3 (20 - y) + 5y = 76

60 - 3y + 5y = 76

2y = 16

y = 8

x = 20 - y

x = 20 - 8

x = 12