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Macy bought a total of 12 fiction and non-fiction books. The fiction books cost $12 each and the
non-fiction books cost $25 each. If she paid $248 altogether, how many of each kind of book did she
purchase? Define the number of non-fiction books bought in terms of the number of fiction books
bought

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Answer:

fiction books = 4

non fiction books = 8

non fiction books are twice fiction books.

Step-by-step explanation:

let number of fiction books be X so

non fiction books will be 12-X

12X + 25(12-X) = 248

12X -25X = -53

X = 4( fiction books)

12-4 = 8 (non fiction)

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