SOLUTION: During an election campaign a candidate gave away 5000 little advertisements. The pens she gave away cost $.23 cents each and the little bumper stickers cost $.14 cents each. He sp

Question 39961: During an election campaign a candidate gave away 5000 little advertisements. The pens she gave away cost $.23 cents each and the little bumper stickers cost $.14 cents each. He spent a total of $970.00. How many pens did he give away?

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Found 2 solutions by fractalier, atif.muhammad:
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let p be the number of pens and b be the number of bumper stickers.
Their costs are then .23p and .14b, respectively...so we have
p + b = 5000
.23p + .14b = 970
We can combine these by a linear sum by multiplying the first equation by 14 and the second by 100...then we subtract the equations...we get
14p + 14b = 70000
-(23p + 14b = 97000)
and get
-9p = - 27000
p = 3000
Thus he/she gave away 3000 pens and 2000 bumper stickers.
Answer by atif.muhammad(135) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let's say he gave away x pens and y stickers. He gave away 5000 little advertisements. Therefore, x + y = 5000 The pens each cost 23 cents and the stickers cost 14 cents and he spent 970 dollars, Therefore, 0.23x + 0.14y = 970 We now have simultaneous equations. x + y = 5000 (1) 0.23x + 0.14y = 970 (2) Manipulate (1) x +y = 5000 y = 5000 - x (3) Substitute (3) into (2) 0.23x + 0.14y = 970 0.23x + 0.14(5000-x) = 970 0.23x + 700 - 0.14x = 970 0.09x = 270 x = 270/0.09 = 3000 He gave away 3000 pens. Altogether, he gave away 5000 advertisements. Therefore, he gave away 2000 stickers as well. Hope that helps!

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