SOLUTION: The weight of two books equals 39 pens. What is the answer.

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: The weight of two books equals 39 pens. What is the answer. This question is from textbook Prentice Hall Algebra

Answer by mathchemprofessor(65)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the weight of one book be x pounds and that of one pen be y pounds.
Then the expression is
2x=39y

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