SOLUTION: Earl is ordering supplies. Yellow paper costs $5.00 per ream while white paper costs $7.50 per ream. He would like to order 100 reams total, and has a budget of $550. How many ream

Question 1110697: Earl is ordering supplies. Yellow paper costs $5.00 per ream while white paper costs $7.50 per ream. He would like to order 100 reams total, and has a budget of $550. How many reams of each color should he order?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1. <-- Total cost
2. <-- Total number of reams
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Multiply eq. 2 by 500 and subtract from eq. 1,

Solve for W then use either equation to solve for Y.
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