A store paid $1849 for 49 calculators. The store paid $8 for each scientific calculator and $55 for graphing calculators. How many scientific calculators were ordered and how many graphing?

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sid1729 · Answer

Let the number of scientific calculators be x, the number of graphing calculators be y. 
We get two equations:
x+y = 49
8x + 55y = 1849

Now, solve these equations to get the values of x and y.

sandra · Answer

got it dk? what did you get?