A man ordered 4 times as many boxes of ballpoint pens as boxes of felt-tip pens. Ballpoint pens cost $4.44 per box, and felt-tip pens cost $3.42. If the man's order of pens totaled $63.54 how many boxes of each type of pen did he buy?
X: Number of boxes of ball points ordered
Y : Number of boxes of felt-tip pens
A man ordered 4 times as many boxes of ballpoint pens as boxes of felt-tip pens i.e
X = 4Y
Cost of one box of Ball point pens = $4.44
Cost of X boxes of Ball point pens = 4.44X
Cost one Box of felt-pens = $3.42
Cost of Y boxes of felt-pens = 3.42Y
Man's order pf pens = 4.44X + 3.42Y = 63.54
Plugin X =4Y
4.44 x 4Y +3.42 Y = 63.54
17.76Y +3.42Y =63.54
21.18Y = 63.54
Y = 63.54/21.18 =3
Y=3 ;
X=4Y = 4x3 =12
Number of boxes of ball points ordered = 12
Number of boxes of felt-tip pens =3
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