SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem: A textbook store sold a combined total of 296 sociology and biology textbooks in a week. The number of biology textbooks sold was 56 less than t

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Question 1150835: Please help me solve this problem:
A textbook store sold a combined total of 296 sociology and biology textbooks in a week. The number of biology textbooks sold was 56 less than the number of sociology textbooks sold. How many textbooks of each type were sold?
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A textbook store sold a combined total of 296 sociology and biology textbooks in a week. The number of biology textbooks sold was 56 less than the number of sociology textbooks sold. How many textbooks of each type were sold?
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S + B = 296
S - B = 56
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