document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=850758>Question 850758</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Many students purchase pencils and notebooks from claw-mart because responsible math students bring these to class. One day the store sold a total of 178 notebooks and pencils. The cost of pencils is twenty-five cents and the cost of a notebook is fifty cents. The store collected $58.75 from the sale of these items. The store lost the receipt for the day. How would you help the store determine how many of each items the store sold that day? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #512457 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=512457\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> p for pencils<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n for notebooks\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=p%2Bn=178 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"p%2Bn=178\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.25p%2B0.50n=58.75 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.25p%2B0.50n=58.75\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify the cost equation first.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2p%2B8p=235 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2p%2B8p=235\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "System to solve:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p+n=178<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2p+8n=235<BR>\n" );
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