Answer: 3.95m + 8.95b = 47.65 Why? It cannot be the first or second equation since the total amount was $47.65, not $60.55 or $47.95. It’s either the third or fourth equation. You can tell it’s the third one since in the question it states “Let m represent the number of magazines and b represent the number of books.” The fourth equation gets it reversed by saying each magazine costs $8.95 and each book costs $3.95, when in reality it’s the other way around. Therefore, the third equation most accurately depicts this situation.
