SOLUTION: 1. Four pens and five pencils cost a total of $3.70. If a pen costs 25 cents more than a pencil , find the cost of each item. 2. The perimeter of a rectangle is 44 centimetres.

Question 997227: 1. Four pens and five pencils cost a total of $3.70. If a pen costs 25 cents more than a pencil , find the cost of each item.
2. The perimeter of a rectangle is 44 centimetres. If its length is three times its width, find the dimensions of the rectange.
Please answer with working out
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, pencil price in dollars
y, pen cost in dollars

Then the counted items with cost,

Simply substitute for y.

Simplify and solve.

in dollars, being 40 cents for one pencil.

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