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A store sells hardcover books for $8 and paperback books for $5. You buy 7 books represented by the equation x+y=7 where xis the number of hardcover books and y is the number of paperback books. the equation
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A store sells hardcover books for $8 and paperback books for $5. You buy 7 books represented by the equation x+y=7 where xis the number of hardcover books and y is the number of paperback books. the equation 8x+5y=38 represents the total cost. How many of each type of book did you buy?

User Qalib Abbas
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HC=$8 PB=$5
x+y=7
x= HC
y=PB
8x+5y=38

They bought 8 hardcover and 5 paperback.
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