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Question 564921: Mrs smith went to the post office and handed the postman $1.00 she said give me some two cent stamps ten times as many one cent stamps hoping to keep as much money as possible how many of each stamp did the post man sell to mrs smith Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Mrs smith went to the post office and handed the postman $1.00 she said give me some two cent stamps ten times as many one cent stamps hoping to keep as much money as possible how many of each stamp did the post man sell to mrs smith
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let x=number of two cent stamps
10x=number of one cent stamps
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.02x+.01*10x=1.00
2x+1*10x=100
12x=100
x=100/12=8.33
ans:
The post man sold 8 two cent stamps for 16ç
and 80 one-cent stamps for 80ç and gave Mrs Smith change for 4ç
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