In the school store, pencils cost 15 cents each and erasers cost 10 cents each. There is no tax. Gabby wants to spend exactly $2

Question

3 years ago

15

.00 on pencils and erasers.
How many of each can she buy? Provide detail explanation of your solution process and all possible strategies.

1 answer:

kakasveta [241] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-28T18:06:01+03:00

she bought 10 pencils and 5 erasers

Let x represent the number of pencils and y represent the number of erasers.

Gabby wants to spend exactly $2.00 on pencils and erasers, hence:

0.15x - 0.1y = 2 (1)

Therefore x = 10 and y = 5

Therefore she bought 10 pencils and 5 erasers.