A store sells candles for $2.50 each and notepads for $1.20 each. If Eliza spends a total of $26.00 and buys a total of 13 items, how many candles and how many notepads did she buy? Solution let candles = x notepads = y total items = 13 => x+ y =13 => y = 13-x 2.5*x + 1.2 *(13 - x) = 26 =>2.5x + 15.6 - 1.2x = 26 => 1.3x = 10.4 => x = 8 Candles = 8 Notepads = 13 - 8 = 5.

1. A store sells candles for $2.50 each and notepads for $1.20 each. If Eliza spends a total of $26.00
and buys a total of 13 items, how many candles and how many notepads did she buy?
Solution
let candles = x
notepads = y
total items = 13 => x+ y =13 => y = 13-x
2.5*x + 1.2 *(13 - x) = 26
=>2.5x + 15.6 - 1.2x = 26
=> 1.3x = 10.4
=> x = 8
Candles = 8
Notepads = 13 - 8 = 5