SOLUTION: In a shooting competition, a person receives $5 if he hits the mark and pays $2 if he misses it.He tried 60 shots and was paid $13. how many times did he hit the mark?
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Question 328380: In a shooting competition, a person receives $5 if he hits the mark and pays $2 if he misses it.He tried 60 shots and was paid $13. how many times did he hit the mark? Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let H be the number of hits, M the number of misses.
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Multiply eq. 1 by 2 and add to eq. 2 to eliminate M.
Then from eq. 1,
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19 hits and 41 misses.
