The local comic book store is having a closeout sale on their last 375 comic books and Pokémon cards. They are selling single issue comics for $5.79 and Pokémon boosters packs for $3.35. Their goal is to make $1345 to break even on their current final cost. Approximately how many of each do they need to sell?

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Answer:

36 comic books and 339 Pokemon cards

Step-by-step explanation:

Let number of comic books be [tex]x[/tex] and number of Pokemon cards be [tex]y[/tex].

Total number of comic books and Pokemon cards is [tex]375[/tex]. So we get the equation

[tex]x+y=375\\\Rightarrow y=375-x[/tex]

Cost of one comic book is $5.79 and one Pokemon card is $3.35.

They need to make $1345 so we get the equation

[tex]5.79x+3.35y=1345\\\Rightarrow 5.79x+3.35(375-x)=1345\\\Rightarrow 5.79x-3.35x+3.35\times 375=1345\\\Rightarrow x=\dfrac{1345-3.35\times 375}{5.79-3.35}\\\Rightarrow x=36.37\approx 36[/tex]

[tex]y=375-x=375-36\\\Rightarrow y=339[/tex]

So, they need to sell approximately 36 comic books and 339 Pokemon cards.