SOLUTION: jill bought 47 stamps. She bought 5 more ten-cent stamps than fifteen-cent stamps and 6 fewer twenty-cent stamps that fifteen-cent stamps. write a system of equations to represent

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Question 832065: jill bought 47 stamps. She bought 5 more ten-cent stamps than fifteen-cent stamps and 6 fewer twenty-cent stamps that fifteen-cent stamps. write a system of equations to represent this probelm.
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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w = number of 5 cent stamps
x = number of 10 cent stamps
y = number of 15 cent stamps
z = number of 20 cent stamps

w + x + y + z = 47
x = y + 5
z = y - 6