Question

The school store opened on the first day of scroll with 56 notebook and 24 pencils. Within two days it sold all of these items. On the first day, twice as many notebooks were souls as pencils. On the second day for every 5 notebooks sold, 2 pencils were old. How many notebooks and how many pencils were sold on each day

Answer 1

If there were x pencils sold the 1st day and y sold the 2nd day,

x + y = 24
2x + 5/2 y = 56
x=8
y=16

so, on
day1: 8 pencils and 16 notebooks
day2: 16 pencils and 40 notebooks