SOLUTION: Sales. Office Max® recently advertised a three-subject notebook for $2.49 and a five-subject notebook for $3.79. At the start of a recent spring semester, a combination of 50 of th

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Question 634568: Sales. Office Max® recently advertised a three-subject notebook for $2.49 and a five-subject notebook for $3.79. At the start of a recent spring semester, a combination of 50 of these notebooks was sold for a total of $166.10. How many of each type were sold?
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Let x = three subject notebooks
Let y = five subject notebooks
Here is your system of linear equations:
x + y = 50
2.49x + 3.79y = 166.10
Use the substitution method to solve for x and y.