Problema Solution

A university bookstore recently sold a wirebound graph-paper notebook for $2.15, and a college-ruled notebook for $3.43. At the start of spring semester, a combination of 50 of these notebooks were sold for a total of $134.38. How many of each type were sold?

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let number of wirebound graph-paper notebook =x

then college-ruled notebook = 50-x

so,

2.15 *x + 3.43(50-x) = 134.38

x=29

wirebound graph-paper notebook=29

college-ruled notebook= 50-29 = 21