SOLUTION: A textbook store sold a combined total of 260 math and history textbooks in a week. The number of history textbooks sold was 88 less than the number of math textbooks sold. How man

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Question 924553: A textbook store sold a combined total of 260 math and history textbooks in a week. The number of history textbooks sold was 88 less than the number of math textbooks sold. How many textbooks of each type were sold?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = math books
y = history books
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x + y = 260
y = x - 88
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put the system of linear equations into standard form
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x + y = 260
x - y = 88
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x = math books = 174
y = history books = 86
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