Farmers' Market Produce Sales

Medium Integrating Essential Skills Arithmetic

A local farmer is selling fresh produce at a farmers' market. The farmer sells apples for $2 each and bushels of potatoes for $5 each. On a busy Saturday, the farmer sold a total of 38 items for a total of $106. If the number of bushels of potatoes sold was represented as $p$ and the number of apples sold as $a$, which of the following equations correctly represents the situation?

$a + p = 38$ and $2a + 5p = 106$

$2a + 5p = 38$ and $a + p = 106$

$a + p = 106$ and $2a + 5p = 38$

$5a + 2p = 38$ and $a + p = 106$

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