So I think you should set up an equation like this: 14.95x+16.88y=131.18 , x+y=8

so x=8-y, plug this into the original equation:
14.95(8-y)+16.88y=131.18
Evaluate: 119.60-14.95y+16.88y=131.18
Combine like terms: 119.60+1.93y=131.18
Subtract 119.60 from both sides. You get: 1.93y=11.58
Divide both sides by 1.93. You get y=6

Plug into second equation: x+y=8 ---> x+6=8 and solve for x. x=2

Christine bought 2 video games and 6 CDs. 14.95(2)+16.88(6)=131.18

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3 years ago

48 wooden pre-sharpened pencils cost $1.88. How much does EACH pencil cost?

Lady bird [3.3K]

Answer:

0.04 is as close as it gets

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2 years ago

Lily, Louis, and Ben went to an arcade and won tokens for prizes. Louis won 4.5 times as many tokens as Ben. Lily won 8 more tok

lana66690 [7]

The expression that describes the number of tickets won by Lily is:

a = 8 + 4.5c where "a" is the number of tokens won by Lily and "c" is the number of tokens won by Ben

Solution:

Given that Lily, Louis, and Ben went to an arcade and won tokens for prizes

Let "a" be the number of tokens won by Lily

Let "b" be the number of tokens won by Louis

Let "c" be the number of tokens won by Ben

Given that Louis won 4.5 times as many tokens as Ben

So we can frame a equation as:

number of tokens won by Louis = 4.5 times as many tokens as Ben

number of tokens won by Louis = 4.5 x number of tokens won by Ben

$b = 4.5 \times c$

b = 4.5c

Given that Lily won 8 more tokens than Louis

number of tokens won by Lily = 8 + number of tokens won by Louis

a = 8 + b

Substituting the value of b = 4.5c in above expression

a = 8 + 4.5c

Thus the expression that describes how many tokens Lily won is found

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3 years ago

What is the answer to: -4(2x+2) <-40

mars1129 [50]

Answer: x > 6

Step-by-step explanation: -4(2x+2) < -40

-8x - 8 < -40

+8 +8

-8x < 48

/-8x /-8x

x > 6 *The less than sign got flipped to a greater than sign because we divided by a negative.

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1 year ago