document.write( "Question 1004280: Christine went shopping and bought each of her ten nephews a gift,either a video costing $14.95 or a CD costing $16.88 She spent $161.08 on the gifts. How many videos and how many CD's did she buy? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #620771 by stanbon(75887) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Christine went shopping and bought each of her ten nephews a gift,either a video costing $14.95 or a CD costing $16.88 She spent $161.08 on the gifts. How many videos and how many CD's did she buy? \n" ); document.write( "------ \n" ); document.write( "Equations: \n" ); document.write( "Quantity:: v + c = 10 \n" ); document.write( "Value:: 14.95v + 16.88c = 161.08 \n" ); document.write( "--------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Modify:: \n" ); document.write( "1495v + 1495c = 14950 \n" ); document.write( "1495v + 1688c = 16108 \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Subtract and solve for \"c\": \n" ); document.write( "------- \n" ); document.write( "193c = 1158 \n" ); document.write( "c = 6 (# of CD's bought) \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "v = 10-6 = 4 (# of video's bought) \n" ); document.write( "---------- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "----------------- \n" ); document.write( " |