SOLUTION: i bought a big books the book have 100 pages for $8 while the smaal book have 25 pages for $2. I paid $28 and got total of 650 pages. How many of each did i buy? thankyou

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Question 322761: i bought a big books the book have 100 pages for $8 while the smaal book have 25 pages for $2. I paid $28 and got total of 650 pages. How many of each did i buy?
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Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
100x+25y=650 multiply by 2
8x+2y=28 multiply by -25 & add.
200x+50y=1300
-200x-50y=-700
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0x+0y=600 no solution for x & y.