In January 2013 a country‘s first class mail rates increased to 42 cents for the 1st ounce and 22 cents for each additional ounce. Is Sabrina spent $16.24 for a total of 52 stamps of these two denominations how many stamps of each denomination did she buy?

She bought _ 42 cent stamps
And ___ 22 cent stamps

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sqdancefan sqdancefan · Answer 1 · 2019-06-09T08:17:49+02:00

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Step-by-step explanation:

Let n represent the number of 42-cent stamps Sabrina bought. Then 52-n is the number of 22-cent stamps she bought. Her total expense was ...

0.42n +0.22(52 -n) = 16.24 . . . . total price of stamps

0.20n + 11.44 = 16.24 . . . . . . . . . simplify

0.20n = 4.80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . subtract 11.44

n = 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . divide by the coefficient of n

52-n = 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . find the number of 22-cent stamps

She bought 24 42-cent stamps and 28 22-cent stamps.

andromache andromache · Answer 2 · 2022-02-17T12:48:50+01:00

She bought 24-42 cent stamps

And, 28-22 cent stamps.

Here we assume n be the number of 42-cent stamps

The equation should be

0.42n +0.22(52 -n) = 16.24

0.20n + 11.44 = 16.24

0.20n = 4.80

n = 24

Now

= 52 - n

= 52 - 24

= 28

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