Question

A discount bookstore sells hardcover books for $12 and paperback books for $6. The number of hardcover books, x, sold one day was twice the number of paperback books, y, sold the same day. The total sales that day were $180. What is the system of equations that represents this situation

Answer 1

Answer: the system of equations that represents this situation are

12x + 6y = 180

x = 2y

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the number of hardcover books that were sold in a day.

Let y represent the number of paperback books that were sold in a day.

The discount bookstore sells hardcover books for $12 and paperback books for $6. The total sales that day were $180. It means that

12x + 6y = 180

The number of hardcover books sold that day was twice the number of paperback books. It means that

x = 2y