Problema Solution

A university bookstore recently sold a wirebound graph-paper notebook for 1.10 and a college-ruled notebook for 3.16 at the start of spring semester a combination of 50 of these notebooks were sold for a total of 102.38 How many of each type were sold

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graph notebook=1.10

college notebook=3.16

so let the number of graph book be x

so 1.10*x + 3.16(50-x)=102.38

=>1.10x + 158 - 3.16x=102.38

=>2.06x=52.62

=>x =25

and 50-x=25