SOLUTION: If i have one dollar and i need to buy a hundred iteams , and paper clips cost two for one cent and pencils cost five cent each. How many pencils and paper clips do i need without
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Question 332344: If i have one dollar and i need to buy a hundred iteams , and paper clips cost two for one cent and pencils cost five cent each. How many pencils and paper clips do i need without having change back?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If i have one dollar and i need to buy a hundred items.
paper clips cost two for one cent and pencils cost five cent each.
How many pencils and paper clips do i need without having change back?
;
one dollar = 100 cents
c = no. of paper clips (cost .5 cents)
p = no, pencils (cost 5 cents)
;
c + p = 100
and
.5c + 5p = 100
multiply by 2, subtract the 1st equation
c + 10p = 200
c + p = 100
---------------eliminates c, find p
9p = 100
p ~ 11 pens
then
c + 11 = 100
c = 89 paper clip
:
Cost:
11 * 5 = 55 cents
89 *.5 = 44.5 ~ 45 cent, which is 90 clips
:
90 + 11 = 101 items for a dollar is about as close as you can get
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