SOLUTION: Christine went shopping and bought each of her ten nephews a gift, either a video costing $14.95 or a CD costing $16.88. She spent $164.94 on the gifts. How many videos and how man

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Question 457716: Christine went shopping and bought each of her ten nephews a gift, either a video costing $14.95 or a CD costing $16.88. She spent $164.94 on the gifts. How many videos and how many CDs did she buy?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) About Me  (Show Source):
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m+n=10
14.95m+16.88n=164.94
1495m+1688n=16494
1495m+1495n=14950
193n=1544
n=8
m=2
Christine bought 2 videos and 8 CD's..