Question

Aiden bought some noteboks and book covers for the upcoming school year.He bought a total of 13 items.Each notebook costs $1.37,and each book cover costs $1.08. He spent total of $16.36..How many notebooks and how many book covers did he buy?

Answer 1

Answer: Aiden bought 8 notebooks and 5 covers.

This is a system of equations problem. To solve this, we have to write 2 different equations and then solve them.

Our equations are:

x + y = 13
1.37x + 1.08y = 16.36

Where x is the number of notebooks and y is the number of covers.

To solve these equations, you can use anyone of these methods:
1) Graphing
2) Substitution
3) Elimination

The easiest way would be to graph them with a graphing calculator and find the point of intersection.