SOLUTION: if the price of 5 pens & 2 pencils is $810, then what is the price of 7 pens & 9 pencils?

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Question 807820: if the price of 5 pens & 2 pencils is $810, then what is the price of 7 pens & 9 pencils?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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If pens sell for $130 each and pencils sell for $80 each,
then 5 pens would sell for $650 and 2 pencils would sell for
$160 for a total of $810, and in that case, 7 pens would sell 
for $910 and 9 pencils would sell for $720 for a total of $1630.

Here is another one:

If pens sell for $140 each and pencils sell for $55 each,
then 5 pens would sell for $700 and 2 pencils would sell for
$110 for a total of $810, and in that case, 7 pens would sell 
for $980 and 9 pencils would sell for $495 for a total of $1475.

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Edwin

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