Question:
A box of 3 pencils cost $6 and a packet of 4 notebooks cost $8. During a sale, there was a 10% discount on the pencils and 20% discount on the notebooks. Emery bought an equal number of pencils and notebooks and saved $36.
(a) How many notebooks did Emery buy altogether?
(b) How much in total did Emery pay for the pencils and notebooks during the sale?
Solution:
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