A specialty bakery sells decorated one-layer cakes for $40 and two-layer decorated cakes for $75. If last month the bakery’s total sales for decorated one-layer and two-layer cakes was $13,900, how many decorated one-layer and two-layer cakes did the bakery sell last month? (1) Last month, the number of decorated one-layer cakes sold was 40 less than twice the number of decorated two-layer cakes sold. (2) Last month, the number of decorated two-layer cakes sold was 60 less than the number of decorated one-layer cakes sold.

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A specialty bakery sells decorated one-layer cakes for $40 and two-layer decorated cakes for $75. If last month the bakery’s total sales for decorated one-layer and two-layer cakes was $13,900, how many decorated one-layer and two-layer cakes did the bakery sell last month? (1) Last month, the number of decorated one-layer cakes sold was 40 less than twice the number of decorated two-layer cakes sold. (2) Last month, the number of decorated two-layer cakes sold was 60 less than the number of decorated one-layer cakes sold.