Question

the library has 441 storybooks and magazines altogether there are 8 times as many storybooks as magazines how many more storybooks then magazines are there in the library
storybooks --- x
magazines ---- y

x + y = 441
x = 8y
use substitution ...
8y + y = 441

carry on.

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