SOLUTION: Christine went shopping and bought each of her ten nephews a gift,either a video costing $14.95 or a CD costing $16.88 She spent $161.08 on the gifts. How many videos and how many
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Question 1004280: Christine went shopping and bought each of her ten nephews a gift,either a video costing $14.95 or a CD costing $16.88 She spent $161.08 on the gifts. How many videos and how many CD's did she buy?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Christine went shopping and bought each of her ten nephews a gift,either a video costing $14.95 or a CD costing $16.88 She spent $161.08 on the gifts. How many videos and how many CD's did she buy?
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Equations:
Quantity:: v + c = 10
Value:: 14.95v + 16.88c = 161.08
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Modify::
1495v + 1495c = 14950
1495v + 1688c = 16108
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Subtract and solve for "c":
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193c = 1158
c = 6 (# of CD's bought)
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v = 10-6 = 4 (# of video's bought)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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