SOLUTION: please help me on this question. " Mandy buys 5 reams of paper and 3 ink cartridges for $131. Kevin buys 2 reams of paper and 5 ink cartridges for $174. How much does 1 ream o

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Question 821957: please help me on this question. " Mandy buys 5 reams of paper and 3 ink cartridges for $131. Kevin buys 2 reams of paper and 5 ink cartridges for $174. How much does 1 ream of paper cost? How Mich does 1 ink cartridge cost?" please help me. I tried for hours and couldn't solve it.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What have you tried? Where is your hours of work?
5r+3c=131,
2r+5c=174
ink c = 32, paper r = 7