SOLUTION: Christine went shopping and bought each of her 10 nephews a gift, either a video costing $14.95 or a cd costing $16.88. She spent $151.43 on the gifts. How many videos and how man
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Question 961474: Christine went shopping and bought each of her 10 nephews a gift, either a video costing $14.95 or a cd costing $16.88. She spent $151.43 on the gifts. How many videos and how many cds did she buy?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
V = number of videos
C = number of CDs
V + C = 10
14.95V + 16.88C = 151.43
Use elimination or substitution to solve.
V = 9
C = 1
Christine bought 9 videos and 1 CD.
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