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2. Translate the following into a system of equations, then solve it:A customer walks into an electronics store and buys five MP3 players and eight sets of headphones, paying $840. A second customer buys three MP3 players and four sets of headphones, and pays $480. How much does an MP3 player cost? How much does a set of headphones cost?
This question is from textbook elementary and Intermediate algebra concepts and application

Answer by Mathtut(3670)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
lets call the cost of mp3 player m and the cost of headphones h
:
5m+8h=840....eq 1
3m+4h=480....eq 2
:
you now have (2) a system of linear equations
:
solving we have dollars a piece for mp3 players
................dollars a piece for headphones
:
Solved by pluggable solver: Linear System solver (using determinant)
Solve:


Any system of equations:


has solution

or



(m=120, h=30}


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