5magazines and 3 books cost $41.50. 2 magazines and 5 books cost $42.25. find the cost of each item.

The Magazines each costed $8.30 and the books cost $13.80 for the amount of $41.50. and the 2 magazines and 5 books for $42.25 the 2 magazines is $21.12 for each and $8.45 for each book.

Step-by-step explanation:I got the answers by taking the total cost and taking the number of books or if it was a a magazine and I would divide it by lets just say you have 42.25 dollars you would divide that by 3 and you would do it for every item with the total cost.

5x+40

5(x + 8)

7x - 49

7(x - 7)

18x + 9

9(2x + 1)

15x - 10

5(3x - 2)

step-by-step explanation:

for number one all you have to do is factor 5 out of 5x + 40

for number 2 factor 7 out of 7x - 49

for number three factor 9 out of 18x + 9

for number four factor 5 out of 15x - 10