Packages of Corn and Rice

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Pat owns an inventory of unopened packages of corn and of rice, which she has purchased for $17 and $13 per package, respectively. How many packages of corn does she have?

(1) She has $282 worth of packages.

(2) She has twice as many packages of corn as of rice.