SOLUTION: Please help: the textbook for a biology class costs $15 more than twice the cost of a used Algebra book. If the cost of the two books together is $219. Find the cost of each boo
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Question 617687: Please help: the textbook for a biology class costs $15 more than twice the cost of a used Algebra book. If the cost of the two books together is $219. Find the cost of each book.
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Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let A be the price of the algebra book
Let B be the price of the biology book.
You are told
substitute the value for B in this second equation into the first one
now simplify and solve for A
you have A, now solve for B using the second equation above
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