document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=716744>Question 716744</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if five pencils and three erasers cost 65 cents, and three pencils and two erasers cost 40 cents, what is the cost of one pencil and one eraser </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=cost of one pencil<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let y=cost of one eraser<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+3y=65<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+2y=40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x+6y=130<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x+6y=120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=40-3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=40-30=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cost of one pencil=10 cents<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cost of one eraser=5 cents<BR>\n" );
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