Answer:
ja s and the not only way I could
Yes it does mean the whole fraction is negative
Well, if y is the notebook cost, well x+y=6.28, x+x+0.70=6.28, 2x=5.58, x=2.79.
The pencil box costs $2.79, while the notebook costs $3.49.
To get the answer, you need to think of it like a see-saw.
Both sides must equal the same relative to 33.5. For example, 32 is 1.5 away from 33.5 so you could say you have 1.5*4 (because theres 4 tubes with 32 sweets). If you were to do this for the whole table, it would look something like this:

This simplifies to:




This method can sometimes be inefficient depending on how many values but is probably the simplest way to solve this problem.
hope this helps :)
(sorry the other way is kinda hard to explain possibly ask your teacher tomorrow)
24
It goes into 24 once and into 48 twice