SOLUTION: Molly is checking a shipment of technology equipment that contains printers and monitors. The printers cost $700 each and the monitors are $200 each. There are 30 boxes on the load

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Question 295673: Molly is checking a shipment of technology equipment that contains printers and monitors. The printers cost $700 each and the monitors are $200 each. There are 30 boxes on the loading dock each containing one item, either a printer or a monitor. The invoice lists a total cost of $15,000. Write a system of equations that represents the number of each item. How many printers are there and how many monitors?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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Molly should check the invoice a little more carefully because the amount of each is there too. Fire Molly.
700p+200m=15000
p+m=30
12=m 18=p