SOLUTION: Can you help me with this? a store manager decides to market 40 combinations of light bulbs and pocket flashlights a box of light bulbs cost 1.85 each and the pocket flashlights co

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Question 387931: Can you help me with this? a store manager decides to market 40 combinations of light bulbs and pocket flashlights a box of light bulbs cost 1.85 each and the pocket flashlights costs 2.75 each, each combination pack of light bulbs and flashlight sold at 3.95 a pack, a contractor purchases 25 combination packs of bulbs and flashlights, how many of boxes of each bulbs and flashlight packets did the contractor buy? Please help! Shelly
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a store manager decides to market 40 combinations of light bulbs and pocket flashlights
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a box of light bulbs cost 1.85 each and the pocket flashlights costs 2.75 each,
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each combination pack of light bulbs and flashlight sold at 3.95 a pack,
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a contractor purchases 25 combination packs of bulbs and flashlights,
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how many of boxes of each bulbs and flashlight packets did the contractor buy?
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I guess if the contractor bought 25 comgination packs he must have
bought 25 boxes of bulbs and 25 flashlight flashlights.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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