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Problem
The school store sells 7 pencils and 8 notebooks for 
. It also sells 5 pencils and 3 notebooks for 
. How much do 16 pencils and 10 notebooks cost?
Solution
We let 
cost of one pencils in cents, 
cost of one notebook in cents. Then
Subtracting these equations yields 
. Backwards solving gives 
. Thus the answer is 
.
See also
| 2007 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 4 |
Followed by Problem 6 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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