A.2I Readiness - Writing Systems of Linear Functions

A sports magazine prints 12 issues per year, and a technology magazine prints 10 issues per year. The total number of pages in all the issues of the sports magazine for one year is 32 more than the total number of pages in all the issues of  the technology magazine for one year. Each issue of the sports magazine has 18 fewer pages than each issue of the technology magazine.

Which system of equations can be used to find s, the number of pages in each issue of the  sports magazine, and t, the number of pages in each issue of the technology magazine?

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A bag contains 18 coins consisting of quarters and dimes. The total value of the coins is $2.85. Which system of equations can be used to determine the number of quarters, q, and the number of dimes, d, in the bag?

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A drummer and a guitarist each wrote songs for their band. The guitarist wrote 8 fewer than twice the number of songs that the drummer wrote. They wrote a total of 46 songs.

Which system of equations models this situation if the drummer wrote d songs and the guitarist wrote g songs?

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There are 15 plates in a kitchen cabinet. The diameter of each plate is either 7 inches or 12 inches. The diameter of all 15 plates combined is 140 inches.

Which system of equations can be used to find the number of 7-inch plates, x, and the number of 12-inch plates, y, that are in the cabinet?

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A customer at a store paid $64 for 3 large candles and 4 small candles. At the same store, a second customer paid $4 more than the first customer for 1 large candle and 8 small candles. The price of each large candle is the same, and the price of each small candle is the same.

Which system of equations can be used to find the price in dollars of each large candle, x, and each small candle, y?

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A new spiral notebook contains 30 more sheets of paper than a new memo book. The total number of sheets of paper in 3 new spiral notebooks and 5 new memo books is 810. Which system of equations can be used to find s, the number of sheets of paper in one new spiral notebook, and m, the number of sheets of paper in one new memo book?

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The owner of a clothing store buys T-shirts for c dollars each and sells them for p dollars each. Last month she bought 600 T-shirts and sold 500 of them and made a profit of $2,800. This month she bought 400 T-shirts and sold them all and made a profit of $2,400. Which system of equations can be used to determine the values of c and p?

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