SOLUTION: An office store recently sold a wire-bound graph-paper notebook for $2.50 and a college-ruled notebook made of recycled paper for $2.30. At the start of a recent spring semester,

SOLUTION: An office store recently sold a wire-bound graph-paper notebook for $2.50 and a college-ruled notebook made of recycled paper for $2.30. At the start of a recent spring semester,

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Question 256435: An office store recently sold a wire-bound graph-paper notebook for $2.50 and a college-ruled notebook made of recycled paper for $2.30. At the start of a recent spring semester, a combination of 50 of those notebooks was sold for a total of $118.60. How many of each type were sold?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
w+c=50
w*2.50+c*2.30=118.60
w max 47
c max 51
c=32
w=18
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