SOLUTION: a man buys 36 stamps all of which are either 50 cents or 10 cents pieces and the total value is 11.60 dollar . how many stamps of each kind does he buy

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Question 630599: a man buys 36 stamps all of which are either 50 cents or 10 cents pieces and the total value is 11.60 dollar . how many stamps of each kind does he buy
Answer by dfrazzetto(283) About Me  (Show Source):
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x + y = 36
.5x + .1y = 11.60
Solved by pluggable solver: Linear System solver (using determinant)
Solve:
+system%28+%0D%0A++++1%5Cx+%2B+1%5Cy+=+36%2C%0D%0A++++0.5%5Cx+%2B+0.1%5Cy+=+11.6+%29%0D%0A++

Any system of equations:


has solution

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(x=20, y=16}