ms.johnson purchased a total of 12 books and magazines for hr office. the total bill was $112 she spent $16 on magazines and the books cost $12 each . how many books did she buy please show work and i will give brainliest if you are right

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Answer:

8 books

Step-by-step explanation:

set up a system of equations:

b+m=12

16+12b=112

*let b represent books, let m represent magazines

we can automatically solve the second equation to find out how many books she bought since we know that she spent $16 on magazines

16+12b=112

12b=96

b=8

so, she bought 8 books