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Arte-miy333 [17]
3 years ago
10

Bruce bought two books. one book cost four dollars more than three times the other. together the two books cost him $72. Answer

using symbolic language
Mathematics
1 answer:
Alisiya [41]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Cost of one book = $61

and cost of another book =$17

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the cost of one book be x and cost of another book be y.

According to given problem,

x  = 3y+4  {one book cost four dollars more than three times the other}

And x + y =72   {two books cost $72}

So we got two equations:

x  = 3y+4   -------------(1)

x + y = 72  ---------------(2)

Subtract equation (1) from (2)

i.e x + y - x = 72 - 3y -4

or y = 68 - 3y

or y +3y =68

or y = \frac{68}{4}

or y = 17

Then x = 3y + 4 = 3×19 + 4 =61

Hence we got, cost of one book = x =$61

Cost of another book = y = $17



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