SOLUTION: Question: Zahra bought 25 daily news papers and 5 Friday issues in a month and paid rupees 80 for them. Next month she paid rupees 78 for 27 dailies and 3 Friday issues. Find the p

Question 188630: Question: Zahra bought 25 daily news papers and 5 Friday issues in a month and paid rupees 80 for them. Next month she paid rupees 78 for 27 dailies and 3 Friday issues. Find the price of each daily newspaper & each Friday issue.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let d and f be the cost of daily and friday newpapers
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25d+5f=80........eq 1
27d+3f=78........eq 2
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multiply eq 1 by -3 and eq 2 by 5 and add the two revised equation together
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-75d-15f=-240......eq 1 revised
135d+15f=390.......eq 2 revised
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f terms are eliminated and we are left with 135d-75d=390-240
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60d=150
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d=2.5 ruppees per daily
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take d's found value and plug it back into any equation.I choose eq 1
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25(2.5)+5f=80
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62.5+5f=80
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5f=17.5
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f=3.5 ruppees per friday issue
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