SOLUTION: A man ordered 3 times as many boxes of ballpoint pens as boxes of felt-tip pens. Ballpoint pens cost $4.31 per box, and felt-tip pens cost $3.45. If the man's ord
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Question 1162458: A man ordered 3 times as many boxes of ballpoint pens as boxes of felt-tip pens. Ballpoint pens cost $4.31 per box, and felt-tip pens cost $3.45. If the man's order of pens totaled $49.14, how many boxes of each type of pen did he buy?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
t boxes of felt-tipped pens;
3t boxes of ballpoint pens;
If you meant, BOXES of the felt tipped cost $3.45 each, then
Solve this....
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