Question

Office Depot has a sale on school supplies. A spiral notebook costs on $2 and a 3-ring binder costs $5. You need to buy 6 items in order to get the sale prices. You choose a combination of notebooks and binders for a total of $20.

In your response, be sure to include:
A system of equations to solve the prompt.
# spiral notebooks
# 3-ring binders
IF YOU CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITHOUT WRITING A SYSTEM, BE SURE TO COMMUNICATE YOUR WORK/THOUGHT PROCESS SO THAT YOU CAN GET PARTIAL CREDIT.

Answer 1

5 spiral notebooks and 2 3-ring binders

Explanation:

((5×2)+(2×5))=20

spiralnotebook

5×2=10

3-ring binder

2×5=10

10+10=$20

2-binders and 5-notebooks , total 7 items .so enough items to get that deal.