SOLUTION: Christine went shopping and bought each of her 10 nephews a gift, either a video costing $14.95 or a cd costing $16.88. She spent $151.43 on the gifts. How many videos and how man

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Question 961474: Christine went shopping and bought each of her 10 nephews a gift, either a video costing $14.95 or a cd costing $16.88. She spent $151.43 on the gifts. How many videos and how many cds did she buy?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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V = number of videos
C = number of CDs

V + C = 10
14.95V + 16.88C = 151.43

Use elimination or substitution to solve.
V = 9
C = 1

Christine bought 9 videos and 1 CD.