My brother has a math question and my brain is just not working today
A pen, notebook, and calculator costs $14.00
The calculator is 9 dollars more than the pen and 8.50 more than the notebook
How much does each item cost
Plz help
Thanks
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5 RepliesEdited by Failure4Life: 7/13/2014 7:42:06 PMCalculator = $10.50 Notebook = $2.00 Pen = $1.50 $14.00 - $9.00 = $5.00 $14.00 - $8.50 = $5.50 $5.00 + $5.50 = $10.50 $10.50 - $8.50 = $2.00 $10.50 - $9.00 = $1.50 It can also be solved by a system of 2 linear equations. Though that is much more tedious. I doubt it, but if you want me to post that I will.