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1. A school store sells pencils and erasers before school opens each day. On Monday, 13 pencils and

10 erasers were sold for $16.75. On Tuesday, 25 pencils and 2 erasen were sold for $19.85. What

is the price of a pencil? What is the price of an eraser.

Respuesta :

Answer:

price of pencil is 0.74 and eraser is 0.72$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let, "p" represent pencils

and "e" represents erasers.

hence, according to question

13p+10e=16.75 ________(1)

and 25p+2e=19.85________(2)

Multiplying equation (2) by 5,

hence, 125p+10e=99.25________(3)

Substracting equation (3) and (1)

125p+10e-(13p+10e)=99.25-16.75

hence, 112p=82.5

p=0.74

substituting the value in equation (1),

13(0.74)+10e=16.75

9.57+10e=16.75

on solving,

e=0.72

hence, price of one pencil is 0.75$, and price of one eraser is $0.72

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