SOLUTION: Terrance purchased a total of 10 pens and pencils for $4. Pens cost 50 cents and pencils cost 25 cents. Terrance wrote the system of equations below to represent the situation.

SOLUTION: Terrance purchased a total of 10 pens and pencils for $4. Pens cost 50 cents and pencils cost 25 cents. Terrance wrote the system of equations below to represent the situation.

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Question 1054640: Terrance purchased a total of 10 pens and pencils for $4. Pens cost 50 cents and pencils cost 25 cents. Terrance wrote the system of equations below to represent the situation.
{ x+y=10
{1/2x+1/4y=4
what units are associated with the expressions in the second equation?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Dollars.

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