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A bookstore sold a total 43 paperback and hardback books. Each paperback books costs $4. 50, and each hardback book costs $12. 0. If the bookstore made a total of $276 in sales for one day, how many paperback books did they sell and show work

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Let x be the number of paperback books sold. Then the number of hardback books sold is 43 - x. The total sales can be expressed as 4.50x + 12(43 - x) = 276. Solving for x gives x = 32. Therefore, the bookstore sold 32 paperback books and 11 hardback books

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