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Books and magazines. At Gwen’s garage sale, all books
were one price, and all magazines were another price.
Harriet bought four books
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Books and magazines. At Gwen’s garage sale, all books
were one price, and all magazines were another price.
Harriet bought four books
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Question 179493: please help me solve this word problem
Books and magazines. At Gwen’s garage sale, all books
were one price, and all magazines were another price.
Harriet bought four books and three magazines for $1.45,
and June bought two books and five magazines for $1.25.
What was the price of a book and what was the price of a
magazine? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the price of a book
Let = the price of a magazine
given:
(1)
(2)
Multiply (2) by and subtract
(1) from (2)
(2)
(1)
And from (2)
(2)
The magazines are 15 cents each and the books
are 25 cents each
check:
(1)
OK
