There were a total of 800 novels and non-fiction books at a book shop. 2/5 of these books were novels. Each novel was priced at
$7 and each non-fiction book was priced at $5. How much money would the book owner make if he sold 3/8 of the novel and 2/5 of the non-fiction books? PLEASE ANSWER FAST!
So we start by combining like terms; Now we have; We then subtract 1 from both sides; Then we divide both sides by 5; Leaving the final answer to be h = -2