Christine went shopping and bought each of her five nephews a gift, either a video costing $14.95 or a CD costing $16.88. She spent $78.61 on the gifts. How many videos and how mandy CDs did she buy?

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Christine went shopping and bought each of her five nephews a gift, either a video costing $14.95 or a CD costing $16.88.  She spent $78.61 on the gifts.  How many videos and how mandy CDs did she buy?

anonymous · Answer

14.95x + 16.88 y = 78.61
x + y = 5

where x = number of videos bought and y = number of CD's bought 
solving this system of equations will give what you require.

anonymous · Answer

Thank for your help!

anonymous · Answer

ok - can you handle the solution?

anonymous · Answer

yes thats a valid way to do it