Create a system if equations to solve this.
First equation:
25m + 24e = 220
Second equation:
m + e = 9
Then you must solve the second equation for a variable.
Change m + e = 9 to e = 9 - m.
Then substitute (9 - m) for e in the first equation.
So 25m +24e = 220 becomes 25m + 24(9 - m) = 220.
Now you can solve the first equation because the only variable in it is m.
25m + 24(9 - m) = 220 (Original equation)
25m + 216 - 24m = 220 (Distribute)
m + 216 = 220 (Combine like terms)
m = 4 (Simplify)
Now plug in 4 for m in the second equation.
m + e = 9 (Original equation)
(4) + e = 9 (Substitute)
e = 5 (Simplify)
m represents Math Books and e represents English Books, so Nicole purchased 4 Math Books and 5 English Books.
Answer:
no
Step-by-step explanation:
The second package costs $2 for each pair of socks. If the first package cost that much, it would be 8×$2 = $16 for 8 pairs of socks. That is not the same as $12 for 8 pairs.
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Another way to look at it is the first package costs twice as much as the second, but has more than twice as many pairs of socks. That means the rates are not equivalent.
N is the variable, you solve by subtracting 6 from 20, getting n = 14.
Simplify the radical, then combine the numbers.
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