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Sumalee spent $183 on books. Math books cost $21 and english books cost $26. If she bought a total of 8, then how many of each kind did she buy?
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Sumalee spent $183 on books. Math books cost $21 and english books cost $26. If she bought a total of 8, then how many of each kind did she buy?

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Math - 5, english - 3
I simply tried the possibilities starting at the bottom and comparing the totals.
I tried: 1, 7 no result; 2, 6; no result; 3, 5; no result; 4, 4; no result; 5, 3 correct
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