SOLUTION: Pauline ordered 250 pens and 250 pencils to sell for a theatre club fundraiser. The pens cost 11 cents more than the pencils. If paulie's total order cost $42.50, find the cost of
Question 1012411: Pauline ordered 250 pens and 250 pencils to sell for a theatre club fundraiser. The pens cost 11 cents more than the pencils. If paulie's total order cost $42.50, find the cost of each pen and pencil. Found 2 solutions by fractalier, josmiceli:Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Call the cost of the pencils, x.
Thus the cost of the pens are x + 11 (we can work in cents).
Then we can write
250(x + 11) + 250x = 4250
250x + 2750 + 250x = 4250
500x + 2750 = 4250
500x = 1500
x = 3 cents (pencils)
x+11 = 14 cents (pens)
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = cost in cents of a pencil = cost in cents of a pen
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and
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Pencils are 3 cents ea.
Pens are 14 cents ea.
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check:
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