SOLUTION: christine went shopping and bought each of her seven nephews a gift, either a video costing $14.95 or a cd costing $16.88 she spent $116.23 on the gift. how many videos and how man

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Question 364004: christine went shopping and bought each of her seven nephews a gift, either a video costing $14.95 or a cd costing $16.88 she spent $116.23 on the gift. how many videos and how many cds did she buy

Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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v+c=7 v=7-c
14.95v+16.88c=116.23
14.95*(7-c)+16.88c=116.23
104.65-14.95c+16.88c=116.23
1.93c=11.58
c=6
v=7-c
v=1
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6*16.88+1*14.95=101.28+14.95