SOLUTION: A bookstore priced all hardback books at $5 a book and all paper back books at $1. The store sold 30 more paper backs than hardbacks. Total sales were $354. How many of each typ

Question 220203: A bookstore priced all hardback books at $5 a book and all paper back books at $1. The store sold 30 more paper backs than hardbacks. Total sales were $354. How many of each type were sold.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of hardbacks soold
Let = number of paperbacks sold
given:

(1)
and
(2)
Multiply both sides of (1) by and add to (2)

and

84 paperbacks and 54 hardcovers were sold
check answer:
(2)

OK

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