Counts and Prices

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A fishing boat receives $1.50 for each tuna it brings back to port and $1.80 for each mackerel. How many mackerels did it bring back to port yesterday?

(1) Yesterday the number of tuna that the boat brought back was 5 less than twice the number of mackerel brought back.

(2) Yesterday the boat received a total of $2,960 from tuna and mackerel brought back.