Prices from two purchases

Prices from two purchases

Secondary 2
TGM Original Questions

Four notebooks and seven pens cost \(\$29\). Nine notebooks and two pens cost \(\$24\). Let \(n\) dollars be the price of one notebook and \(p\) dollars be the price of one pen.

  1. Form two equations in \(n\) and \(p\).
  2. Solve the equations obtained in (a) to find the price of each item.
  3. Hence, find the total cost of five notebooks and four pens.

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Answer:Notebook \(2, pen \)3; required cost $22.

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