Maria is ordering copy paper for her office. The office is low on white paper and on blue paper. She will pay $3.50 per team of white paper and $3.75 per team of blue paper. If the purchase order is for $36.00 and she ordered 10 reams of paper, how many teams of white paper will she receive

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Iliana Smith

1 January, 11:19

Maria is ordering copy paper for her office. The office is low on white paper and on blue paper. She will pay $3.50 per team of white paper and $3.75 per team of blue paper. If the purchase order is for $36.00 and she ordered 10 reams of paper, how many teams of white paper will she receive

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Lilia Stone · Answer 1

Number of blue paper = b

number of white paper = w

3.5w + 3.75b = 36

w + b = 10

(w + b = 10) * 3.5

3.5w + 3.5b = 35

3.5w + 3.75b = 36

3.5w + 3.5b = 35

subtract the last equations

0.25b = 1

b = 4

w = 6

So the number of white reams she ordered

6 reams