SOLUTION: A customer buys a tent, 3 sleeping bags, and 2 camp stools for $150. The price of the tent is 8 times the cost of a camp stool. The cost of a sleeping bag is $24 more than the cost

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Question 617700: A customer buys a tent, 3 sleeping bags, and 2 camp stools for $150. The price of the tent is 8 times the cost of a camp stool. The cost of a sleeping bag is $24 more than the cost of a camp stool. Find the cost of each item.
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Let represent the cost of a camp stool. Then is the cost of a tent, and gets you a sleeping bag.



Solve for , then calculate and

Check your work. Use the values to add up the bill and make sure it comes out to $150.

John

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