SOLUTION: Joe and Chris are shopping for school supplies. Joe by seven notebooks and four packs of pencils for total of $37. Chris buys for notebooks and three packs of pencils for a total
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Question 1053812: Joe and Chris are shopping for school supplies. Joe by seven notebooks and four packs of pencils for total of $37. Chris buys for notebooks and three packs of pencils for a total of $24. Let n be the price of one notebook and let p be the price of one pack of pencils. Write two equations to represent the total cost for Joe and Chris.
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The obvious one, C for total COST, .
The one that takes more effort is .
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Joe and Chris are shopping for school supplies.
Joe buys seven notebooks and four packs of pencils for total of $37.
Chris buys four notebooks and three packs of pencils for a total of $24.
Let n be the price of one notebook and let p be the price of one pack of pencils. Write two equations to represent the total cost for Joe and Chris.
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Joe cost:: 7n + 4p = 37
Chris cost: 4n + 3p = 24
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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