SOLUTION: Selling 7 writing tablets and 4 pens for $6.40. Also 2 tablets and 19 pens cost $5.40. How do I find the price of each?
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Question 235037: Selling 7 writing tablets and 4 pens for $6.40. Also 2 tablets and 19 pens cost $5.40. How do I find the price of each?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the cost of a tablet. Let 
represent the cost of a pen.
Then
Solve the system. will be the price of a tablet, and will be the price of a pen.
John
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