Question

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?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Thank for your help!

Answer 3

ok - can you handle the solution?

Answer 4

yes thats a valid way to do it