tina went to a book shop to get some storY books and text books when her friends asked her how many of each she had bought ,she answered ,the number of storybooks was two more than twice the no of textbooks and also four less than four times the no of textbooks. find no of story and textbooks bought
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Step-by-step explanation:
let the number of story books be x
And number of text books be y
given
x = 2y + 2 _______ 1
x = 4y - 4 ________ 2
From 1 and 2
2y + 2 = 4y - 4
2y = 6
y = 3
x = 2 (3) + 2
x = 8
Therefore the number of story books are 8
And the number of text books are 3.
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